FirePreplans

Mediapolis, Iowa. Des Moines County.

Mediapolis Fire Department

  • 3,810pre-plans, about one per building
  • 5life-risk sites
  • 108estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 27in 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, estimated by road distance from your stations. Your officers set the real lines in setup.

Your first due by the numbers.

3,810pre-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
108buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
27buildings 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.
108square miles of first dueEstimated

About 6,551 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

  • Homes2,869
  • Farm buildings431
  • Mobile homes210
  • Businesses119
  • Industrial117
  • Apartments and lodging28
  • Sheds, utility and other16
  • Schools10
  • Government and assembly7
  • Nursing homes and hospitals3
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less1,831
  • 300 to 5001,235
  • 550 to 1,000636
  • 1,050 to 2,00093
  • over 2,00015
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
Azria Health Prairie RidgeNursing home62 bedsSep 2026
Wapello Specialty CareNursing home49 bedsSep 2026
Mediapolis Elementary SchoolPublic school432 studentsJun 2025
Mediapolis High SchoolPublic school312 studentsJun 2025
Mediapolis Middle SchoolPublic school222 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.

  • Mediapolis City Fire DepartmentRecord dated Mar 2019