FirePreplans

Columbiana, Alabama. Shelby County.

Columbiana Fire Department

  • 2,205pre-plans, about one per building
  • 7life-risk sites
  • 62estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 3in the flood zone

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

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All volunteer department. 1 station. 30 volunteer firefighters.

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  • Your first due
  • Stations
  • Life-risk sites
Your first due from your county's published response areas, as of Oct 2026.

Your first due by the numbers.

2,205pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Jun 2025
7life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimatedCheck: list over 2 years old
62buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
3buildings 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.
31square miles of first duePublished by your countyAs of Oct 2026

About 3,237 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

  • Homes1,308
  • Businesses321
  • Sheds, utility and other224
  • Mobile homes152
  • Government and assembly73
  • Farm buildings66
  • Industrial24
  • Schools18
  • Apartments and lodging17
  • Nursing homes and hospitals2
EstimatedBuilding records as of Jun 2025

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less1,010
  • 300 to 500771
  • 550 to 1,000362
  • 1,050 to 2,00031
  • over 2,00031
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
Columbiana Health And Rehabilitation, LlcNursing home63 bedsSep 2026
Shelby County High SchoolPublic school572 studentsJun 2025
Elvin Hill Elementary SchoolPublic school534 studentsJun 2025
Columbiana Middle SchoolPublic school428 studentsJun 2025
Career Technical Education CenterPublic schoolAt setupJun 2025
New DirectionPublic schoolAt setupJun 2025
Cornerstone Christian SchoolPrivate school155 studentsJun 2024 Check

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.

  • Columbiana Volunteer Fire DepartmentRecord dated Aug 2025