Alamosa, Colorado. Alamosa County.

Alamosa Fire Department

8,032pre-plans, about one per building
9life-risk sites
251estimated 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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Mostly volunteer department. 2 stations. 1 career firefighters.

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Your first due
Stations
Life-risk sites

Your first due, estimated by road distance from your stations. Your officers set the real lines in setup.

Your first due by the numbers.

8,032pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025

9life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimatedCheck: list over 2 years old

251buildings 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.

238square miles of first dueEstimated

About 18,050 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

Homes4,820
Mobile homes1,513
Apartments and lodging572
Farm buildings538
Businesses276
Sheds, utility and other215
Schools82
Industrial8
Government and assembly5
Nursing homes and hospitals3

EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025

Water need, in gpm

250 or less4,142
300 to 5002,617
550 to 1,0001,022
1,050 to 2,000174
over 2,00077

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.

Name	Type	Size	List as of
San Luis Care Center	Nursing home	70 beds	Sep 2026
Evergreen Nursing Home	Nursing home	60 beds	Sep 2026
San Luis Valley Health Regional Medical Center	Hospital	At setup	Jun 2023
Alamosa High School	Public school	568 students	Jun 2025
Alamosa Elementary School 3-5	Public school	473 students	Jun 2025
Ortega Middle School	Public school	471 students	Jun 2025
Alamosa Elementary School K-2	Public school	437 students	Jun 2025
Alamosa Alternative Education School	Public school	60 students	Jun 2025
Trinity Lutheran School	Private school	23 students	Jun 2024 Check

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.

Alamosa Fire Department Station 1Record dated Jun 2023
Alamosa Fire Department Station 2Record dated Jun 2023

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The board packet is a PDF built for Alamosa Fire Department: your numbers, how it works in four steps, what your officers do, the cost and terms, and a motion your secretary can read into the minutes.

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What it costs

Year one

Pay in full: was $2,400, Free
Or 12 monthly payments: was $200 a monththe same total

*The first company in Alamosa County to sign up pays no setup fee. That spot is still open.

Each year after

$120 a year, one payment.

Half of one percent of the typical yearly spending for a first due your size. We found no IRS filing for your company.

Year one is a setup fee that builds every card and includes the monthly checks and the note to the chief. Each year after, $120 a year keeps them going.

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