FirePreplans

Bethel, Connecticut. Fairfield County.

Bethel Volunteer Fire Department, Inc.

  • 3,981pre-plans, about one per building
  • 8life-risk sites
  • 146estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 168in the flood zone

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

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All volunteer department. 1 station. 40 volunteer firefighters.

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Bethel High School, public schoolBethel Middle School, public schoolRalph M. T. Johnson School, public schoolFrank A. Berry School, public schoolAnna H. Rockwell School, public schoolYMCA CHILDREN's CENTER, child care centerSt Mary Elementary School, private schoolVILLAGE PRE-SCHOOL, child care centerBethel Fire Department HeadquartersBethel Volunteer Fire DepartmentBethel HighBethel MiddleRalph M. T. JohnsonFrank A. BerryAnna H. RockwellYMCA CHILDREN'sSt Mary Elem.Village Pre-SchoolSTATIONSTATION1 miNBethel High School, public schoolBethel Middle School, public schoolRalph M. T. Johnson School, public schoolFrank A. Berry School, public schoolAnna H. Rockwell School, public schoolYMCA CHILDREN's CENTER, child care centerSt Mary Elementary School, private schoolVILLAGE PRE-SCHOOL, child care centerBethel Fire Department HeadquartersBethel Volunteer Fire DepartmentBethel HighBethel MiddleRalph M. T. JohnsonFrank A. BerryAnna H. RockwellSt Mary Elem.STATIONSTATION2 miN
  • Your first due
  • Stations
  • Life-risk sites
Your first due from your county's published response areas.

Your first due by the numbers.

3,981pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026
8life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimatedCheck: list over 2 years old
146buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
168buildings 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.
9square miles of first duePublished by your countyCheck: list over 2 years old

About 10,605 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

  • Homes2,868
  • Apartments and lodging697
  • Businesses167
  • Industrial135
  • Government and assembly49
  • Sheds, utility and other41
  • Schools24
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less1,968
  • 300 to 5001,504
  • 550 to 1,000363
  • 1,050 to 2,000108
  • over 2,00038
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
Bethel High SchoolPublic school1,097 studentsJun 2025
Bethel Middle SchoolPublic school758 studentsJun 2025
Ralph M. T. Johnson SchoolPublic school652 studentsJun 2025
Frank A. Berry SchoolPublic school378 studentsJun 2025
Anna H. Rockwell SchoolPublic school303 studentsJun 2025
St Mary Elementary SchoolPrivate school150 studentsJun 2024 Check
YMCA CHILDREN's CENTERChild care center192 licensed capacityOct 2026
VILLAGE PRE-SCHOOLChild care center79 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.

  • Bethel Fire Department HeadquartersRecord dated Jan 2017
  • Bethel Volunteer Fire DepartmentRecord dated Aug 2016