FirePreplans

Hiawatha, Iowa. Linn County.

Hiawatha Fire Department

  • 6,270pre-plans, about one per building
  • 7life-risk sites
  • 336estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 23in the flood zone

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

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Mostly volunteer department. 1 station. 50 volunteer firefighters. 6 career firefighters.

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Viola Gibson Elementary School, public schoolSt Pius X Elementary School, private schoolHiawatha Elementary School, public schoolNixon Elementary School, public schoolNorthbrook Healthcare And Rehabilitation Center, nursing homeHiawatha Care Center, nursing homeEssential Montessori, private schoolHiawatha Fire DepartmentViola Gibson Elem.St Pius X Elem.Hiawatha Elem.Nixon Elem.NorthbrookHiawatha Care CenterEssential MontessoriSTATION1 miNViola Gibson Elementary School, public schoolSt Pius X Elementary School, private schoolHiawatha Elementary School, public schoolNixon Elementary School, public schoolNorthbrook Healthcare And Rehabilitation Center, nursing homeHiawatha Care Center, nursing homeEssential Montessori, private schoolHiawatha Fire DepartmentViola Gibson Elem.St Pius X Elem.Hiawatha Elem.Nixon Elem.Hiawatha Care CenterEssential MontessoriSTATION2 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.

6,270pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026
7life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimatedCheck: list over 2 years old
336buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
23buildings 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.
11square miles of first dueEstimated

About 15,072 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

  • Homes4,248
  • Apartments and lodging948
  • Businesses417
  • Mobile homes373
  • Industrial150
  • Farm buildings57
  • Schools29
  • Government and assembly25
  • Sheds, utility and other15
  • Nursing homes and hospitals8
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less2,411
  • 300 to 5002,085
  • 550 to 1,0001,438
  • 1,050 to 2,000233
  • over 2,000103
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
Northbrook Healthcare And Rehabilitation CenterNursing home130 bedsSep 2026
Hiawatha Care CenterNursing home109 bedsSep 2026
Viola Gibson Elementary SchoolPublic school565 studentsJun 2025
Hiawatha Elementary SchoolPublic school334 studentsJun 2025
Nixon Elementary SchoolPublic school289 studentsJun 2025
St Pius X Elementary SchoolPrivate school358 studentsJun 2024 Check
Essential MontessoriPrivate school9 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.

  • Hiawatha Fire DepartmentRecord dated Jan 2023