FirePreplans

Pala, California. San Diego County.

Pala Fire Department

  • 737pre-plans, about one per building
  • 1life-risk sites
  • 10estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 4in the flood zone

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

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Mostly volunteer department. 1 station. 15 volunteer firefighters. 14 career 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.

737pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025
1life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimated
10buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
4buildings 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.
21square miles of first duePublished by your countyAs of May 2026

About 447 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

  • Government and assembly522
  • Homes113
  • Mobile homes37
  • Apartments and lodging33
  • Schools13
  • Sheds, utility and other10
  • Farm buildings9
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less446
  • 300 to 500255
  • 550 to 1,00026
  • 1,050 to 2,0006
  • 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
Vivian Banks CharterPublic school71 studentsJun 2025

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.

  • Pala Reservation Fire DepartmentRecord dated Feb 2021