FirePreplans

Buhl, Alabama. Tuscaloosa County.

Sipsey Volunteer Fire Department

  • 1,261pre-plans, about one per building
  • 1life-risk sites
  • 20estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 2in the flood zone

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

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All volunteer department. 2 stations. 20 volunteer firefighters.

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  • Your first due
  • Stations
  • Life-risk sites
Your first due, estimated by road distance from your stations. Your officers set the real lines in setup.

Your first due by the numbers.

1,261pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Jun 2025
1life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimated
20buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
2buildings in the 100-year flood zone, mapped zones onlyEstimatedFlood maps as of Oct 2026
12hydrants mapped, covering about 28% of your buildingsHydrant maps as of Jul 2025
50square miles of first dueEstimated

About 1,751 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

  • Homes719
  • Sheds, utility and other356
  • Mobile homes137
  • Businesses35
  • Government and assembly9
  • Schools3
  • Industrial2
EstimatedBuilding records as of Jun 2025

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less702
  • 300 to 500380
  • 550 to 1,000159
  • 1,050 to 2,00016
  • over 2,0004
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
Buhl Elementary SchoolPublic school206 studentsJun 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.

  • Sipsey Valley Volunteer Fire Department Station 1Record dated May 2020
  • Sipsey Valley Volunteer Fire Department Elrod StationRecord dated Jun 2020