Wilmington, Delaware. New Castle County.

Cranston Heights Fire Company

5,120pre-plans, about one per building
17life-risk sites
167estimated 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. 45 volunteer firefighters.

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Your first due
Stations
Life-risk sites

Your first due from your county's published response areas, as of Oct 2026.

Your first due by the numbers.

5,120pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026

17life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimatedCheck: list over 2 years old

167buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated

12buildings in the 100-year flood zone, mapped zones onlyEstimatedFlood maps as of Oct 2026

361hydrants mappedHydrant maps as of Oct 2026

9square miles of first duePublished by your countyAs of Oct 2026

About 12,511 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

Homes4,513
Apartments and lodging229
Businesses174
Nursing homes and hospitals66
Industrial52
Schools45
Sheds, utility and other26
Government and assembly15

EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026

Water need, in gpm

250 or less1,907
300 to 5002,033
550 to 1,0001,013
1,050 to 2,000116
over 2,00051

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; 11% of your buildings have a recorded height.

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.

Name	Type	Size	List as of
Regal Heights Healthcare & Rehab Center	Nursing home	172 beds	Sep 2026
Coral Springs Rehab & Healthcare	Nursing home	169 beds	Sep 2026
Stonegates	Nursing home	49 beds	Sep 2026
Willowbrooke Court At Cokesbury Village	Nursing home	10 beds	Sep 2026
OakBridge Terrace at Cokesbury Village	Personal care home	At setup	Oct 2026
duPont (Alexis I.) High School	Public school	550 students	Jun 2025
Marbrook Elementary School	Public school	465 students	Jun 2025
Gateway Charter School	Public school	211 students	Jun 2025
The Tatnall School	Private school	457 students	Jun 2024 Check
CHILDREN OF AMERICA-WILMINGTON	Child care center	197 licensed capacity	Oct 2026
TATNALL SCHOOL EARLY CHILDHOOD	Child care center	152 licensed capacity	Oct 2026
KINDERCARE (LANCASTER PIKE)	Child care center	149 licensed capacity	Oct 2026

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YMCA OF DELAWARE / MARBROOK	Child care center	90 licensed capacity	Oct 2026
BLOSSOM & BLOOM LEARNING CENTER	Child care center	81 licensed capacity	Oct 2026
PYRAMID LEARNING ACADEMY	Child care center	62 licensed capacity	Oct 2026
LITTLE PEOPLE COLLEGE CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER	Child care center	46 licensed capacity	Oct 2026
LITTLE PEOPLE COLLEGE	Child care center	36 licensed capacity	Oct 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.

Cranston Heights Fire CompanyRecord dated Mar 2018

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The board packet is a PDF built for Cranston Heights Fire Company: your numbers, how it works in four steps, what your officers do, the cost and terms, and a motion your secretary can read into the minutes.

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What it costs

Year one

Pay in full: was $1,550, Free
Or 12 monthly payments: was $129.17 a monththe same total

*The first company in New Castle County to sign up pays no setup fee. That spot is still open.

Each year after

$120 a year, one payment.

Half of one percent of the typical yearly spending for a first due your size. We found no IRS filing for your company.

Year one is a setup fee that builds every card and includes the monthly checks and the note to the chief. Each year after, $120 a year keeps them going.

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