FirePreplans

Rockwell, Iowa. Cerro Gordo County.

Rockwell Volunteer Fire Department

  • 3,382pre-plans, about one per building
  • 5life-risk sites
  • 142estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 2in 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. 20 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 Jun 2026.

Your first due by the numbers.

3,382pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026
5life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimated
142buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
2buildings 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.
117square miles of first duePublished by your countyAs of Jun 2026

About 5,955 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

  • Homes2,804
  • Farm buildings235
  • Industrial118
  • Businesses69
  • Government and assembly57
  • Mobile homes43
  • Sheds, utility and other32
  • Apartments and lodging14
  • Schools5
  • Nursing homes and hospitals5
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less1,593
  • 300 to 5001,087
  • 550 to 1,000560
  • 1,050 to 2,000107
  • over 2,00035
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
Sheffield Care CenterNursing home45 bedsSep 2026
Rockwell Community Nursing HomeNursing home40 bedsSep 2026
West Fork Elementary at RockwellPublic school388 studentsJun 2025
West Fork High SchoolPublic school191 studentsJun 2025
West Fork Middle SchoolPublic school161 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.

  • Rockwell Fire DepartmentRecord dated May 2019