FirePreplans

Colma, California. San Mateo County.

Colma Fire Protection District

  • 2,208pre-plans, about one per building
  • 6life-risk sites
  • 79estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 0in the flood zone

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

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All volunteer department. 1 station.

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Benjamin Franklin Intermediate, public schoolGarden Village Elementary, public schoolHoly Angels School, private schoolEARLY LEARNING ACADEMY, child care centerPENINSULA REFLECTIONS, personal care homeHOLY ANGELS PRESCHOOL, child care centerColma Fire Protection District Station 85Benjamin FranklinGarden Village Elem.Holy Angels SchoolEarly LearningPeninsulaHoly AngelsSTATION 850.5 miNBenjamin Franklin Intermediate, public schoolGarden Village Elementary, public schoolHoly Angels School, private schoolEARLY LEARNING ACADEMY, child care centerPENINSULA REFLECTIONS, personal care homeHOLY ANGELS PRESCHOOL, child care centerColma Fire Protection District Station 85Benjamin FranklinGarden Village Elem.Holy Angels SchoolEarly LearningPeninsulaHoly AngelsSTATION 851 miN
  • 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.

2,208pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025
6life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimatedCheck: list over 2 years old
79buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
0buildings 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.
3square miles of first duePublished by your countyAs of May 2026

About 5,523 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

  • Homes1,637
  • Businesses326
  • Apartments and lodging107
  • Sheds, utility and other57
  • Industrial47
  • Schools12
  • Government and assembly10
  • Nursing homes and hospitals7
  • Farm buildings5
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less1,511
  • 300 to 500513
  • 550 to 1,000105
  • 1,050 to 2,00039
  • over 2,00040
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; 58% of your buildings have a recorded height.

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
PENINSULA REFLECTIONSPersonal care home57 licensed capacityOct 2026
Benjamin Franklin IntermediatePublic school497 studentsJun 2025
Garden Village ElementaryPublic school288 studentsJun 2025
Holy Angels SchoolPrivate school117 studentsJun 2024 Check
EARLY LEARNING ACADEMYChild care center68 licensed capacityOct 2026
HOLY ANGELS PRESCHOOLChild care center28 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.

  • Colma Fire Protection District Station 85Record dated May 2023