FirePreplans

Ridgway, Colorado. Ouray County.

Ridgway Volunteer Fire Department

  • 2,136pre-plans, about one per building
  • 4life-risk sites
  • 60estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 17in the flood zone

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

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All volunteer department. 1 station. 26 volunteer 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.

2,136pre-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
60buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
17buildings 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.
293square miles of first dueEstimated

About 3,273 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

  • Homes1,575
  • Sheds, utility and other209
  • Mobile homes86
  • Businesses83
  • Government and assembly72
  • Farm buildings49
  • Apartments and lodging32
  • Industrial20
  • Schools10
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less1,091
  • 300 to 500661
  • 550 to 1,000324
  • 1,050 to 2,00044
  • over 2,00016
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
Mountain Medical CenterHospitalAt setupJun 2019
Ridgway Elementary SchoolPublic school149 studentsJun 2025
Ridgway High SchoolPublic school97 studentsJun 2025
Ridgway Middle SchoolPublic school74 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.

  • Ridgway Volunteer Fire DepartmentRecord dated Jun 2019