FirePreplans

Lake Almanor, California. Plumas County.

Hamilton Branch Fire Protection District

  • 751pre-plans, about one per building
  • 2life-risk sites
  • 3estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 10in the flood zone

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

See a sample pre-plan

All volunteer department. 1 station. 7 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.

751pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025
2life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimatedCheck: list over 2 years old
3buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
10buildings 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.
23square miles of first duePublished by your countyAs of May 2026

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

  • Homes699
  • Businesses27
  • Mobile homes8
  • Apartments and lodging8
  • Sheds, utility and other5
  • Schools2
  • Government and assembly1
  • Farm buildings1
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less403
  • 300 to 500275
  • 550 to 1,00070
  • 1,050 to 2,0003
  • over 2,0000
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
Lake Almanor Christian SchoolPrivate school24 studentsJun 2024 Check
LAKE ALMANOR CHRISTIAN PRESCHOOLChild care center14 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.

  • Hamilton Branch Fire Protection DistrictRecord dated Nov 2016