FirePreplans

Mendocino, California. Mendocino County.

Mendocino Volunteer Fire Department

  • 2,362pre-plans, about one per building
  • 4life-risk sites
  • 29estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 11in the flood zone

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

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All volunteer department. 3 stations. 35 volunteer firefighters.

Mendocino K-8, public schoolMendocino High, public schoolCOMMUNITY CENTER OF MENDOCINO, child care centerRAINBOW PRESCHOOL, child care centerMendocino Volunteer Fire Department Station 840Mendocino Volunteer Fire Department Woodlands SubstationMendocino K-8Mendocino HighSTATION 840STATION2 miNMendocino K-8, public schoolMendocino High, public schoolCOMMUNITY CENTER OF MENDOCINO, child care centerRAINBOW PRESCHOOL, child care centerMendocino Volunteer Fire Department Station 840Mendocino Volunteer Fire Department Woodlands SubstationMendocino K-8Mendocino HighSTATION 840STATION5 miN
  • 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.

2,362pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025
4life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimated
29buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
11buildings 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.
53square miles of first duePublished by your countyAs of May 2026

About 2,441 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

  • Homes1,541
  • Apartments and lodging542
  • Schools118
  • Businesses59
  • Mobile homes51
  • Sheds, utility and other21
  • Farm buildings18
  • Government and assembly12
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less1,282
  • 300 to 500746
  • 550 to 1,000305
  • 1,050 to 2,00025
  • 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
Mendocino K-8Public school241 studentsJun 2025
Mendocino HighPublic school165 studentsJun 2025
COMMUNITY CENTER OF MENDOCINOChild care center90 licensed capacityOct 2026
RAINBOW PRESCHOOLChild care center26 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.

  • Mendocino Volunteer Fire Department Station 840Record dated May 2023
  • Mendocino Volunteer Fire Department Woodlands SubstationRecord dated May 2023