Eads, Colorado. Kiowa County.

Eads Volunteer Fire Department

2,360pre-plans, about one per building
8life-risk sites
84estimated 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. 15 volunteer firefighters.

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Your first due
Stations
Life-risk sites

Your first due from your county's published response areas, as of Jun 2023.

Your first due by the numbers.

2,360pre-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 caresEstimated

84buildings 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.

1,391square miles of first duePublished by your countyAs of Jun 2023Check: list over 2 years old

About 3,796 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

Homes1,832
Sheds, utility and other504
Farm buildings13
Government and assembly5
Schools4
Nursing homes and hospitals2

EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025

Water need, in gpm

250 or less1,366
300 to 500648
550 to 1,000262
1,050 to 2,00065
over 2,00019

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
Weisbrod Memorial County Hospital	Hospital	At setup	Jun 2019
PRAIRIE PINES ASSISTED LIVING COMMUNITY	Personal care home	24 licensed capacity	Oct 2026
Eads Elementary School	Public school	119 students	Jun 2025
Eads High School	Public school	48 students	Jun 2025
Eads Middle School	Public school	44 students	Jun 2025
Plainview Elementary School	Public school	21 students	Jun 2025
Plainview Junior-Senior High School	Public school	11 students	Jun 2025
EAGLES NEST PRESCHOOL	Child care center	15 licensed capacity	Oct 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.

Kiowa County Fire Protection DistrictRecord dated Jun 2019
Kiowa County Fire Protection DistrictRecord dated Jul 2019

Take it to your board.

The board packet is a PDF built for Eads Volunteer 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 $650, Free
Or 12 monthly payments: was $54.17 a monththe same total

*The first company in Kiowa 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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