FirePreplans

Palisade, Colorado. Mesa County.

Palisade Fire Department

  • 2,885pre-plans, about one per building
  • 4life-risk sites
  • 48estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 44in the flood zone

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

See a sample pre-plan

Mostly volunteer department. 1 station. 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.

2,885pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025
4life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimated
48buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
44buildings 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.
58square miles of first duePublished by your countyAs of Jun 2023Check: list over 2 years old

About 5,560 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

  • Homes2,123
  • Mobile homes391
  • Industrial112
  • Apartments and lodging88
  • Farm buildings57
  • Government and assembly44
  • Businesses40
  • Schools19
  • Sheds, utility and other7
  • Nursing homes and hospitals4
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less1,477
  • 300 to 5001,032
  • 550 to 1,000328
  • 1,050 to 2,00036
  • over 2,00012
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.

NameTypeSizeList as of
Canyon View Care CenterNursing home88 bedsSep 2026
RETREAT AT PALISADE, THEPersonal care home60 licensed capacityOct 2026
Palisade High SchoolPublic school1,073 studentsJun 2025
Taylor Elementary SchoolPublic school310 studentsJun 2025

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.

  • Palisade Fire DepartmentRecord dated Feb 2020