FirePreplans

Fairbank, Iowa. Buchanan County.

Fairbank Fire Department

  • 2,302pre-plans, about one per building
  • 6life-risk sites
  • 158estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 20in the flood zone

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

See a sample pre-plan

All volunteer department. 1 station. 28 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 May 2026.

Your first due by the numbers.

2,302pre-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
158buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
20buildings 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.
61square miles of first duePublished by your countyAs of May 2026

About 5,591 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

  • Homes2,030
  • Farm buildings124
  • Businesses70
  • Sheds, utility and other24
  • Schools14
  • Mobile homes13
  • Industrial13
  • Apartments and lodging12
  • Government and assembly1
  • Nursing homes and hospitals1
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less858
  • 300 to 500759
  • 550 to 1,000527
  • 1,050 to 2,000136
  • over 2,00022
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
Fairbank Elementary SchoolPublic school187 studentsJun 2025
Triumph Elementary SchoolPublic school42 studentsJun 2025
Rural Elementary School #1Public school29 studentsJun 2025
Rural Elementary School #2Public school24 studentsJun 2025
Prairie Grove Elementary SchoolPublic school23 studentsJun 2025
Rural Elementary School #4Public school17 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.

  • Fairbank Fire DepartmentRecord dated Jul 2017