Sheldon, Iowa. Obrien County.

Sheldon Fire Company

3,553pre-plans, about one per building
11life-risk sites
202estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
8in the flood zone

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

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All volunteer department. 1 station.

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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.

3,553pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026

11life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimatedCheck: list over 2 years old

202buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated

8buildings 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.

56square miles of first dueEstimated

About 6,601 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

Homes2,744
Businesses218
Industrial180
Farm buildings128
Mobile homes89
Apartments and lodging85
Sheds, utility and other62
Schools24
Nursing homes and hospitals12
Government and assembly11

EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026

Water need, in gpm

250 or less1,575
300 to 5001,221
550 to 1,000555
1,050 to 2,000136
over 2,00066

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.

Name	Type	Size	List as of
Sanford Senior Care Sheldon	Nursing home	70 beds	Sep 2026
Sanford Sheldon Medical Center	Hospital	At setup	Jan 2020
Vista Prairie at Fieldcrest AL	Personal care home	138 licensed capacity	Oct 2026
Vista Prairie at Fieldcrest MC	Personal care home	14 licensed capacity	Oct 2026
Cobble Creek AL of Sheldon	Personal care home	12 licensed capacity	Oct 2026
East Elementary School	Public school	468 students	Jun 2025
Sheldon High School	Public school	356 students	Jun 2025
Sheldon Middle School	Public school	312 students	Jun 2025
Little Orabs Preschool	Public school	43 students	Jun 2025
Sheldon Christian School	Private school	96 students	Jun 2024 Check
St Patrick Elementary School	Private school	46 students	Jun 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.

Sheldon Fire DepartmentRecord dated Jan 2020

Take it to your board.

The board packet is a PDF built for Sheldon Fire Company: your numbers, how it works in four steps, what your officers do, the cost and terms, and a motion your secretary can read into the minutes.

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What it costs

Year one

Pay in full: was $300, Free
Or 12 monthly payments: was $25 a monththe same total

*The first company in Obrien County to sign up pays no setup fee. That spot is still open.

Each year after

$120 a year, one payment.

Half of one percent of your IRS revenue, estimated.

Year one is a setup fee that builds every card and includes the monthly checks and the note to the chief. Each year after, $120 a year keeps them going.

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