FirePreplans

Dos Palos, California. Merced County.

Dos Palos Fire Department

  • 3,801pre-plans, about one per building
  • 9life-risk sites
  • 76estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 1in the flood zone

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

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Mostly volunteer department. 1 station. 1 career firefighters.

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Dos Palos High, public schoolDos Palos Elementary, public schoolBryant Middle, public schoolBernhard Marks Elementary, public schoolWestside High, public schoolDOS PALOS STATE PRESCHOOL, child care centerSOUTH DOS PALOS HEAD START, child care centerWestside Community Day Middle High, public schoolDos Palos Carver Center, public schoolMerced County Fire Department Dos Palos Fire Station 76Dos Palos HighDos Palos Elem.Bryant MiddleWestside HighDos Palos StateSouth Dos Palos HeadWestside CommunitySTATION 765 miNDos Palos High, public schoolDos Palos Elementary, public schoolBryant Middle, public schoolBernhard Marks Elementary, public schoolWestside High, public schoolDOS PALOS STATE PRESCHOOL, child care centerSOUTH DOS PALOS HEAD START, child care centerWestside Community Day Middle High, public schoolDos Palos Carver Center, public schoolMerced County Fire Department Dos Palos Fire Station 76Dos Palos HighDos Palos Elem.Bryant MiddleBernhard Marks Elem.Westside HighSouth Dos Palos HeadSTATION 7610 miN
  • Your first due
  • Stations
  • Life-risk sites
Your first due from your county's published response areas.

Your first due by the numbers.

3,801pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025
9life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimated
76buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
1buildings 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.
78square miles of first duePublished by your countyCheck: list over 2 years old

About 9,235 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

  • Homes2,614
  • Farm buildings384
  • Apartments and lodging300
  • Businesses256
  • Mobile homes61
  • Schools56
  • Sheds, utility and other53
  • Industrial43
  • Government and assembly34
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less1,494
  • 300 to 5001,723
  • 550 to 1,000508
  • 1,050 to 2,00058
  • over 2,00018
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
Dos Palos HighPublic school639 studentsJun 2025
Dos Palos ElementaryPublic school579 studentsJun 2025
Bryant MiddlePublic school487 studentsJun 2025
Bernhard Marks ElementaryPublic school478 studentsJun 2025
Westside HighPublic school71 studentsJun 2025
Westside Community Day Middle HighPublic schoolAt setupJun 2025
Dos Palos Carver CenterPublic schoolAt setupJun 2025
DOS PALOS STATE PRESCHOOLChild care center68 licensed capacityOct 2026
SOUTH DOS PALOS HEAD STARTChild care center42 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.

  • Merced County Fire Department Dos Palos Fire Station 76Record dated Feb 2021