FirePreplans

Desert Hot Springs, California. Riverside County.

Desert Hot Springs Fire Service

  • 8,901pre-plans, about one per building
  • 13life-risk sites
  • 277estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 755in the flood zone

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

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Mostly volunteer department. 1 station. 9 career firefighters.

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Desert Hot Springs High, public schoolBella Vista Elementary, public schoolDesert Springs Middle, public schoolPainted Hills Middle, public schoolTwo Bunch Palms Elementary, public schoolCabot Yerxa Elementary, public schoolDuc Learning Center, private schoolDESERT HOT SPRINGS RECREATION CENTER, child care centerPSUSD-TWO BUNCH PALMS ELEMENTARY, child care centerPSUSD - BUBBLING WELLS HEAD START, child care centerPSUSD-ARROYO DE PAZ, child care centerPSUSD-WENZLAFF, child care centerSTORYLAND PRESCHOOL, child care centerRiverside County Fire Department Station 37 - Desert Hot SpringsDesert Hot SpringsBella Vista Elem.Desert SpringsPainted Hills MiddleTwo Bunch PalmsCabot Yerxa Elem.Duc Learning CenterDesert Hot SpringsPsusd-Two BunchPsusd - BubblingPsusd-Arroyo De PazSTATION 372 miNDesert Hot Springs High, public schoolBella Vista Elementary, public schoolDesert Springs Middle, public schoolPainted Hills Middle, public schoolTwo Bunch Palms Elementary, public schoolCabot Yerxa Elementary, public schoolDuc Learning Center, private schoolDESERT HOT SPRINGS RECREATION CENTER, child care centerPSUSD-TWO BUNCH PALMS ELEMENTARY, child care centerPSUSD - BUBBLING WELLS HEAD START, child care centerPSUSD-ARROYO DE PAZ, child care centerPSUSD-WENZLAFF, child care centerSTORYLAND PRESCHOOL, child care centerRiverside County Fire Department Station 37 - Desert Hot SpringsDesert Hot SpringsBella Vista Elem.Desert SpringsPainted Hills MiddleTwo Bunch PalmsCabot Yerxa Elem.Duc Learning CenterPsusd-Two BunchPsusd - BubblingSTATION 375 miN
  • Your first due
  • Stations
  • Life-risk sites
Your first due from your county's published response areas.

Your first due by the numbers.

8,901pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025
13life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimatedCheck: list over 2 years old
277buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
755buildings 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.
33square miles of first duePublished by your countyCheck: list over 2 years old

About 18,925 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

  • Homes6,641
  • Mobile homes889
  • Apartments and lodging836
  • Businesses421
  • Schools59
  • Sheds, utility and other40
  • Government and assembly13
  • Nursing homes and hospitals2
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less1,638
  • 300 to 5004,571
  • 550 to 1,0002,415
  • 1,050 to 2,000236
  • over 2,00041
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
Desert Hot Springs HighPublic school1,687 studentsJun 2025
Bella Vista ElementaryPublic school779 studentsJun 2025
Desert Springs MiddlePublic school749 studentsJun 2025
Painted Hills MiddlePublic school722 studentsJun 2025
Two Bunch Palms ElementaryPublic school717 studentsJun 2025
Cabot Yerxa ElementaryPublic school664 studentsJun 2025
Duc Learning CenterPrivate school260 studentsJun 2024 Check
DESERT HOT SPRINGS RECREATION CENTERChild care center182 licensed capacityOct 2026
PSUSD-TWO BUNCH PALMS ELEMENTARYChild care center48 licensed capacityOct 2026
PSUSD - BUBBLING WELLS HEAD STARTChild care center41 licensed capacityOct 2026
PSUSD-ARROYO DE PAZChild care center39 licensed capacityOct 2026
PSUSD-WENZLAFFChild care center24 licensed capacityOct 2026
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STORYLAND PRESCHOOLChild care center22 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.

  • Riverside County Fire Department Station 37 - Desert Hot SpringsRecord dated Jul 2023