FirePreplans

Delaware.

New Castle County.

We already mapped the first due of all 21 volunteer departments in New Castle County: an estimated 162,751 buildings.

21 volunteer and mostly volunteer departments. 32 stations.

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  • Each department's first due
Estimated by road distance from each department's stations, or taken from the county's published response areas. Each department's officers set the real lines in setup.

The county by the numbers.

21volunteer and mostly volunteer departments, with 32 stations
162,751buildings mapped across their first duesEstimated
471life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimated
6,509buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
1,875buildings in the 100-year flood zoneEstimated
384square miles of first dueEstimated

Estimated from public records. A first due can cross the county line, so these count every building in these departments' first dues. Each department's page shows its own sources and dates.

Every department.

Each one has its own page with its map, its numbers and a board packet.

DepartmentStationsBuildingsLife-risk sitesOver 1,000 gpmBoard packet
Aetna Hose, Hook and Ladder CompanyNewark522,942701,017Get the packet
Belvedere Volunteer Fire CompanyWilmington141436Get the packet
Brandywine Hundred Fire Company NO 1Wilmington16,72213185Get the packet
Christiana Fire CompanyChristiana323,088741,364Get the packet
Claymont Fire CompanyClaymont29,23326286Get the packet
Cranston Heights Fire CompanyWilmington15,12017167Get the packet
Delaware City Fire Company Station #15Delaware City14,60114146Get the packet
Elsmere Fire Company NO 1Wilmington14,47013153Get the packet
Five Points Fire Company, Inc.Wilmington12,882381Get the packet
Good-Will Fire Company NO 1New Castle12,29211111Get the packet
Hockessin Fire CompanyHockessin18,48621212Get the packet
Holloway Terrace Volunteer Fire CompanyNew Castle12,3826133Get the packet
Mill Creek Fire CompanyMarshallton214,42149552Get the packet
Minquadale Fire CompanyNew Castle13,08912119Get the packet
Minquas Fire Company No. 1Wilmington13,9069119Get the packet
Odessa Fire Company, Inc. (Station 24)Odessa29,30622311Get the packet
Port Penn Volunteer Fire CompanyPort Penn1694015Get the packet
Talleyville Fire Company, Inc.Talleyville113,09850440Get the packet
Townsend Fire CompanyTownsend15,2465134Get the packet
Volunteer Hose Company of MiddletownMiddletown213,46840646Get the packet
Wilmington Manor Volunteer Fire Company, Inc.New Castle26,89113312Get the packet

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