FirePreplans

Colfax, California. Placer County.

Colfax Fire Department

  • 2,606pre-plans, about one per building
  • 3life-risk sites
  • 54estimated 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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All volunteer department. 2 stations. 6 volunteer firefighters.

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  • Your first due
  • Stations
  • Life-risk sites
Your first due from your county's published response areas.

Your first due by the numbers.

2,606pre-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
54buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
1buildings in the 100-year flood zone, mapped zones onlyEstimatedFlood maps as of Oct 2026
134hydrants mapped, covering about 59% of your buildingsHydrant maps as of Oct 2022Check: list over 2 years old
27square miles of first duePublished by your countyCheck: list over 2 years old

About 4,947 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

  • Homes1,931
  • Apartments and lodging253
  • Mobile homes152
  • Businesses99
  • Government and assembly49
  • Schools47
  • Industrial37
  • Sheds, utility and other36
  • Farm buildings2
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less1,339
  • 300 to 500891
  • 550 to 1,000322
  • 1,050 to 2,00046
  • over 2,0008
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
Colfax HighPublic school611 studentsJun 2025
Colfax ElementaryPublic school345 studentsJun 2025
COLFAX PRESCHOOLChild care center24 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.

  • Cal Fire Placer County Fire Department - Station 36 ColfaxRecord dated Aug 2023
  • Placer County Fire Department 30 Colfax StationRecord dated Mar 2021