FirePreplans

Wilmington, Delaware. New Castle County.

Elsmere Fire Company NO 1

  • 3,144pre-plans, about one per building
  • 3life-risk sites
  • 131estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 165in the flood zone

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

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Mostly volunteer department. 1 station. 50 volunteer firefighters. 5 career 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.

3,144pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026
3life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimated
131buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
165buildings 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.
3square miles of first dueEstimated

About 7,417 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

  • Homes2,717
  • Businesses147
  • Apartments and lodging137
  • Industrial51
  • Schools45
  • Nursing homes and hospitals21
  • Sheds, utility and other13
  • Government and assembly7
  • Mobile homes6
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less1,784
  • 300 to 500943
  • 550 to 1,000286
  • 1,050 to 2,00090
  • over 2,00041
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; 17% 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.

NameTypeSizeList as of
Wilmington Veterans Administration Medical CenterHospitalAt setupAug 2025
Odyssey Charter SchoolPublic school2,286 studentsJun 2025
Baltz (Austin D.) Elementary SchoolPublic school549 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.

  • Elsmere Fire Company Number 1Record dated Sep 2025