FirePreplans

Centre, Alabama. Cherokee County.

Centre Fire Department

  • 3,550pre-plans, about one per building
  • 6life-risk sites
  • 120estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 386in the flood zone

Estimated from public records. Your officers fix what is off in setup.

See a sample pre-plan

Mostly volunteer department. 1 station. 1 career firefighters.

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  • Your first due
  • Stations
  • Life-risk sites
Your first due from your county's published response areas, as of Feb 2025.

Your first due by the numbers.

3,550pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Jun 2025
6life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimated
120buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
386buildings in the 100-year flood zone, mapped zones onlyEstimatedFlood maps as of Oct 2026
At setuphydrants. Send your hydrant list or map in any form, or mark them in setup, and every card plans its water from them.
24square miles of first duePublished by your countyAs of Feb 2025

About 3,977 people live in these buildings, estimated from the building records.

How to read these numbers. Estimated means we worked it out from public records, and your officers check it at setup. The month is when its list was last updated. A check flag means the list is more than 2 years old, so look at it first.

Numbers built October 2026. Your officers fix anything that is off in setup, and every card follows.

Buildings by type

  • Homes2,205
  • Sheds, utility and other581
  • Businesses307
  • Mobile homes145
  • Apartments and lodging120
  • Industrial120
  • Government and assembly35
  • Schools29
  • Nursing homes and hospitals8
EstimatedBuilding records as of Jun 2025

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less1,484
  • 300 to 5001,241
  • 550 to 1,000705
  • 1,050 to 2,00082
  • over 2,00038
Estimated

Water need by the NFA formula, with 25% of the building involved. Homes and apartment buildings with no recorded height are counted as 2 floors; your officers can set heights in setup.

Shuttle loop times and rig counts are worked out card by card, from your tankers or tenders, your fill sites and your roads, once your officers enter them in setup.

Life-risk sites

Nursing homes, hospitals, care homes, schools and day cares that are first due to you, from state and national lists. Each list carries its own date.

NameTypeSizeList as of
Cherokee County Health And Rehabilitation CenterNursing home185 bedsSep 2026
Atrium Health Floyd Cherokee Medical CenterHospitalAt setupApr 2023
Centre Elementary SchoolPublic school665 studentsJun 2025
Centre Middle SchoolPublic school450 studentsJun 2025
Cherokee County High SchoolPublic school448 studentsJun 2025
Cherokee County Career Technology CenterPublic schoolAt setupJun 2025

Your stations.

Each card routes from the station that is first due, so the way in matches how your rigs come. Add or fix stations in setup.

  • Centre Fire DepartmentRecord dated May 2020