FirePreplans

West Bend, Iowa. Palo Alto County.

West Bend Fire Department

  • 1,832pre-plans, about one per building
  • 4life-risk sites
  • 147estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 6in 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. 22 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.

1,832pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026
4life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimated
147buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
6buildings 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.
78square miles of first dueEstimated

About 2,997 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

  • Homes1,429
  • Farm buildings223
  • Businesses70
  • Industrial51
  • Sheds, utility and other29
  • Schools9
  • Government and assembly8
  • Apartments and lodging7
  • Mobile homes3
  • Nursing homes and hospitals3
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less841
  • 300 to 500535
  • 550 to 1,000309
  • 1,050 to 2,000114
  • over 2,00033
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
West Bend Health And RehabilitationNursing home45 bedsSep 2026
West Bend-Mallard Elementary SchoolPublic school173 studentsJun 2025
West Bend-Mallard Middle SchoolPublic school132 studentsJun 2025
West Bend-Mallard High SchoolPublic school117 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.

  • West Bend Fire DepartmentRecord dated Nov 2018