Pagosa Springs, Colorado. Archuleta County.

Pagosa Fire Protection District

13,208pre-plans, about one per building
8life-risk sites
294estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
345in the flood zone

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

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Mostly volunteer department. 7 stations. 31 volunteer firefighters. 16 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.

13,208pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025

8life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimatedCheck: list over 2 years old

294buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated

345buildings 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.

1,623square miles of first dueEstimated

About 19,706 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

Homes10,057
Mobile homes972
Businesses635
Sheds, utility and other562
Apartments and lodging482
Farm buildings301
Industrial104
Government and assembly74
Schools18
Nursing homes and hospitals3

EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025

Water need, in gpm

250 or less6,102
300 to 5004,494
550 to 1,0002,318
1,050 to 2,000260
over 2,00034

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
Pine Ridge Rehabilitation And Healthcare Center	Nursing home	60 beds	Sep 2026
Pagosa Springs Medical Center	Hospital	At setup	Jul 2023
Pagosa Springs Elementary School	Public school	511 students	Jun 2025
Pagosa Springs Middle School	Public school	484 students	Jun 2025
Pagosa Springs High School	Public school	435 students	Jun 2025
Pagosa Peak Open School	Public school	111 students	Jun 2025
San Juan Mountain School	Public school	47 students	Jun 2025
Pagosa Valor Academy	Private school	99 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.

Pagosa Fire Protection District Station 1Record dated Jul 2023
Pagosa Fire Protection District Station 7 - ChromoRecord dated Jul 2023
Pagosa Fire Protection District Station 2 Pagosa HighlandsRecord dated Sep 2017
Pagosa Fire Protection District Station 4 Highway 160 EastRecord dated Feb 2018
Pagosa Fire Protection District Station 5 Aspen SpringsRecord dated Feb 2018
Pagosa Fire Protection District Station 3 - Highway 84Record dated Jul 2023
Pagosa Fire Protection District Station 6 Hidden ValleyRecord dated Feb 2018

Take it to your board.

The board packet is a PDF built for Pagosa Fire Protection District: 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 Archuleta 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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