FirePreplans

Ferndale, California. Humboldt County.

Ferndale Fire Protection District

  • 2,500pre-plans, about one per building
  • 3life-risk sites
  • 203estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 931in the flood zone

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

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All volunteer department. 1 station. 35 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 May 2026.

Your first due by the numbers.

2,500pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025
3life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimated
203buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
931buildings 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.
121square miles of first duePublished by your countyAs of May 2026

About 4,196 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

  • Homes1,797
  • Farm buildings406
  • Apartments and lodging118
  • Schools66
  • Mobile homes39
  • Sheds, utility and other36
  • Businesses34
  • Industrial2
  • Government and assembly2
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less934
  • 300 to 500926
  • 550 to 1,000437
  • 1,050 to 2,000134
  • over 2,00069
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
Ferndale ElementaryPublic school338 studentsJun 2025
Ferndale HighPublic school145 studentsJun 2025
FERNDALE CHILDREN's CENTERChild care center49 licensed capacityOct 2026

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.

  • Ferndale Fire DepartmentRecord dated May 2023