FirePreplans

Colorado. Delta County.

Hotchkiss Fire District

  • 3,031pre-plans, about one per building
  • 3life-risk sites
  • 51estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 12in the flood zone

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

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All volunteer department. 1 station.

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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.

3,031pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025
3life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimated
51buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
12buildings 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.
168square miles of first dueEstimated

About 4,941 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

  • Homes1,943
  • Mobile homes533
  • Businesses354
  • Farm buildings94
  • Government and assembly50
  • Sheds, utility and other19
  • Industrial17
  • Apartments and lodging15
  • Schools6
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less1,812
  • 300 to 500856
  • 550 to 1,000312
  • 1,050 to 2,00040
  • over 2,00011
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
Hotchkiss Elementary SchoolPublic school297 studentsJun 2025
North Fork High SchoolPublic school265 studentsJun 2025
BACKPACK EARLY LEARNING ACAD @ HOTCHKISS K-8Child care center32 licensed capacityOct 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.

  • Hotchkiss Fire Department - Delta County Fire Protection District 4Record dated Oct 2017