FirePreplans

Colchester, Connecticut. New London County.

Colchester Hayward Fire Department

  • 6,782pre-plans, about one per building
  • 6life-risk sites
  • 172estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 37in the flood zone

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

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Mostly volunteer department. 2 stations. 75 volunteer firefighters. 6 career firefighters.

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Bacon Academy, public schoolColchester Elementary School, public schoolJack Jackter Intermediate School, public schoolWilliam J. Johnston Middle School, public schoolComplete Care At Harrington Court, nursing homeApple Rehab Colchester, nursing homeColchester Hayward Volunteer Fire Department 2Colchester Hayward Volunteer Fire Company Station 1 HeadquartersBacon AcademyColchester Elem.Jack JackterWilliam J. JohnstonComplete CareSTATIONSTATION 12 miNBacon Academy, public schoolColchester Elementary School, public schoolJack Jackter Intermediate School, public schoolWilliam J. Johnston Middle School, public schoolComplete Care At Harrington Court, nursing homeApple Rehab Colchester, nursing homeColchester Hayward Volunteer Fire Department 2Colchester Hayward Volunteer Fire Company Station 1 HeadquartersBacon AcademyColchester Elem.Jack JackterComplete CareApple RehabSTATIONSTATION 15 miN
  • 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.

6,782pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026
6life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimated
172buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
37buildings 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.
53square miles of first dueEstimated

About 17,226 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

  • Homes5,436
  • Apartments and lodging661
  • Businesses303
  • Mobile homes194
  • Government and assembly94
  • Sheds, utility and other34
  • Industrial20
  • Schools20
  • Farm buildings19
  • Nursing homes and hospitals1
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less2,256
  • 300 to 5003,355
  • 550 to 1,000999
  • 1,050 to 2,000144
  • over 2,00028
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
Complete Care At Harrington CourtNursing home130 bedsSep 2026
Apple Rehab ColchesterNursing home60 bedsSep 2026
Bacon AcademyPublic school572 studentsJun 2025
Colchester Elementary SchoolPublic school552 studentsJun 2025
Jack Jackter Intermediate SchoolPublic school509 studentsJun 2025
William J. Johnston Middle SchoolPublic school452 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.

  • Colchester Hayward Volunteer Fire Department 2Record dated Dec 2016
  • Colchester Hayward Volunteer Fire Company Station 1 HeadquartersRecord dated Dec 2016