FirePreplans

Clear Lake, Iowa. Cerro Gordo County.

Clear Lake Fire Department

  • 5,834pre-plans, about one per building
  • 8life-risk sites
  • 280estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 36in the flood zone

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

See a sample pre-plan

Mostly volunteer department. 1 station. 29 volunteer firefighters. 3 career firefighters.

Clear Creek Elementary School, public schoolClear Lake High School, public schoolClear Lake Middle School, public schoolClear Lake Classical, private schoolApple Valley Place, personal care homeCountry Meadow Place, LLC, personal care homeOakwood Care Center, nursing homeCourtyard Independent and Assisted Living, personal care homeClear Lake Fire DepartmentClear Creek Elem.Clear Lake HighClear Lake MiddleClear Lake ClassicalApple Valley PlaceCountry Meadow PlaceOakwood Care CenterCourtyardSTATION2 miNClear Creek Elementary School, public schoolClear Lake High School, public schoolClear Lake Middle School, public schoolClear Lake Classical, private schoolApple Valley Place, personal care homeCountry Meadow Place, LLC, personal care homeOakwood Care Center, nursing homeCourtyard Independent and Assisted Living, personal care homeClear Lake Fire DepartmentClear Creek Elem.Clear Lake HighClear Lake MiddleClear Lake ClassicalApple Valley PlaceCountry Meadow PlaceCourtyardSTATION5 miN
  • Your first due
  • Stations
  • Life-risk sites
Your first due from your county's published response areas, as of Jun 2026.

Your first due by the numbers.

5,834pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026
8life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimatedCheck: list over 2 years old
280buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
36buildings 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.
94square miles of first duePublished by your countyAs of Jun 2026

About 10,230 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

  • Homes4,601
  • Businesses256
  • Industrial249
  • Government and assembly221
  • Apartments and lodging153
  • Sheds, utility and other123
  • Mobile homes112
  • Farm buildings102
  • Schools10
  • Nursing homes and hospitals7
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less2,683
  • 300 to 5001,894
  • 550 to 1,000977
  • 1,050 to 2,000195
  • over 2,00085
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
Oakwood Care CenterNursing home76 bedsSep 2026
Apple Valley PlacePersonal care home118 licensed capacityOct 2026
Country Meadow Place, LLCPersonal care home89 licensed capacityOct 2026
Courtyard Independent and Assisted LivingPersonal care home18 licensed capacityOct 2026
Clear Creek Elementary SchoolPublic school685 studentsJun 2025
Clear Lake High SchoolPublic school461 studentsJun 2025
Clear Lake Middle SchoolPublic school308 studentsJun 2025
Clear Lake ClassicalPrivate school135 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.

  • Clear Lake Fire DepartmentRecord dated Dec 2016