FirePreplans

Onawa, Iowa. Monona County.

Onawa Volunteer Fire Department

  • 2,547pre-plans, about one per building
  • 5life-risk sites
  • 96estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 227in the flood zone

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

See a sample pre-plan

All volunteer department. 2 stations. 22 volunteer firefighters.

West Monona Elementary, public schoolWest Monona High School, public schoolWest Monona Middle School, public schoolAccura Healthcare Of Onawa, nursing homeBurgess Health Medical Center, hospitalOnawa Volunteer Fire DepartmentWest Monona Elem.West Monona HighWest Monona MiddleAccura HealthcareBurgess HealthSTATION2 miNWest Monona Elementary, public schoolWest Monona High School, public schoolWest Monona Middle School, public schoolAccura Healthcare Of Onawa, nursing homeBurgess Health Medical Center, hospitalOnawa Volunteer Fire DepartmentWest Monona Elem.West Monona HighWest Monona MiddleAccura HealthcareBurgess HealthSTATION5 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.

2,547pre-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
96buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
227buildings 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.
88square miles of first dueEstimated

About 3,921 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

  • Homes1,963
  • Businesses259
  • Farm buildings165
  • Industrial76
  • Apartments and lodging35
  • Mobile homes14
  • Schools13
  • Sheds, utility and other12
  • Nursing homes and hospitals6
  • Government and assembly4
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less1,318
  • 300 to 500816
  • 550 to 1,000317
  • 1,050 to 2,00073
  • over 2,00023
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
Accura Healthcare Of OnawaNursing home46 bedsSep 2026
Burgess Health Medical CenterHospitalAt setupMar 2022
West Monona ElementaryPublic school352 studentsJun 2025
West Monona High SchoolPublic school161 studentsJun 2025
West Monona Middle SchoolPublic school120 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.

  • Onawa Volunteer Fire DepartmentRecord dated Apr 2019