FirePreplans

Storm Lake, Iowa. Buena Vista County.

Storm Lake Fire Department

  • 5,490pre-plans, about one per building
  • 10life-risk sites
  • 296estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 1in the flood zone

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

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Mostly volunteer department. 1 station. 2 career firefighters.

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Storm Lake High School, public schoolStorm Lake Elementary, public schoolStorm Lake Middle School, public schoolStorm Lake Early Elementary School, public schoolEast Early Childhood Ctr, public schoolSt Mary's School, private schoolMethodist Manor Retirement Community, nursing homeSt Lake/IA Cntrl/Buena Vista Early College HS, public schoolVon Der Becke Academy Corp, private schoolBuena Vista Regional Medical Center, hospitalStorm Lake City Fire DepartmentStorm Lake HighStorm Lake Elem.Storm Lake MiddleStorm Lake EarlyEast Early ChildhoodSt Mary's SchoolMethodist ManorSt Lake/IAVon Der BeckeSTATION2 miNStorm Lake High School, public schoolStorm Lake Elementary, public schoolStorm Lake Middle School, public schoolStorm Lake Early Elementary School, public schoolEast Early Childhood Ctr, public schoolSt Mary's School, private schoolMethodist Manor Retirement Community, nursing homeSt Lake/IA Cntrl/Buena Vista Early College HS, public schoolVon Der Becke Academy Corp, private schoolBuena Vista Regional Medical Center, hospitalStorm Lake City Fire DepartmentStorm Lake HighStorm Lake Elem.Storm Lake MiddleStorm Lake EarlyEast Early ChildhoodSt Lake/IASTATION5 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.

5,490pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026
10life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimatedCheck: list over 2 years old
296buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
1buildings 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.
66square miles of first dueEstimated

About 12,827 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

  • Homes4,163
  • Apartments and lodging342
  • Industrial310
  • Businesses262
  • Farm buildings158
  • Sheds, utility and other129
  • Mobile homes70
  • Schools32
  • Government and assembly18
  • Nursing homes and hospitals6
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less2,295
  • 300 to 5001,988
  • 550 to 1,000911
  • 1,050 to 2,000210
  • over 2,00086
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
Methodist Manor Retirement CommunityNursing home93 bedsSep 2026
Buena Vista Regional Medical CenterHospitalAt setupMay 2017
Storm Lake High SchoolPublic school851 studentsJun 2025
Storm Lake ElementaryPublic school822 studentsJun 2025
Storm Lake Middle SchoolPublic school651 studentsJun 2025
Storm Lake Early Elementary SchoolPublic school437 studentsJun 2025
East Early Childhood CtrPublic school122 studentsJun 2025
St Lake/IA Cntrl/Buena Vista Early College HSPublic school50 studentsJun 2025
St Mary's SchoolPrivate school103 studentsJun 2024 Check
Von Der Becke Academy CorpPrivate school3 studentsJun 2024 Check

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.

  • Storm Lake City Fire DepartmentRecord dated May 2017