Hesperus, Colorado. La Plata County.

Fort Lewis Mesa Fire Protection District

2,702pre-plans, about one per building
2life-risk sites
42estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
9in the flood zone

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

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Mostly volunteer department. 5 stations. 26 volunteer firefighters. 2 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 Jun 2023.

Your first due by the numbers.

2,702pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025

2life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimated

42buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated

9buildings 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.

536square miles of first duePublished by your countyAs of Jun 2023Check: list over 2 years old

About 5,353 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

Homes1,870
Mobile homes501
Farm buildings141
Sheds, utility and other76
Government and assembly49
Schools37
Businesses15
Apartments and lodging10
Industrial3

EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025

Water need, in gpm

250 or less1,672
300 to 500701
550 to 1,000287
1,050 to 2,00038
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.

Name	Type	Size	List as of
Fort Lewis Mesa Elementary School	Public school	116 students	Jun 2025
FORT LEWIS MESA PRESCHOOL	Child care center	16 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.

Fort Lewis Mesa Fire Protection District Station 1Record dated Jun 2019
Fort Lewis Mesa Fire Protection District Station 5Record dated Oct 2017
Fort Lewis Mesa Fire Protection District Station 3Record dated Jun 2019
Fort Lewis Mesa Fire Protection District Station 2Record dated Jun 2019
Fort Lewis Mesa Fire Protection District Station 4Record dated Jul 2017

Take it to your board.

The board packet is a PDF built for Fort Lewis Mesa 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 $950, Free
Or 12 monthly payments: was $79.17 a monththe same total

*The first company in La Plata 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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