FirePreplans

Altoona, Iowa. Polk County.

Altoona Fire Department

  • 8,363pre-plans, about one per building
  • 7life-risk sites
  • 342estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 11in the flood zone

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

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Mostly volunteer department. 1 station. 8 career 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.

8,363pre-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 caresEstimated
342buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
11buildings 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.
20square miles of first dueEstimated

About 19,608 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

  • Homes7,574
  • Apartments and lodging285
  • Businesses205
  • Sheds, utility and other109
  • Government and assembly84
  • Farm buildings41
  • Industrial26
  • Schools24
  • Mobile homes8
  • Nursing homes and hospitals7
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less2,528
  • 300 to 5003,787
  • 550 to 1,0001,706
  • 1,050 to 2,000240
  • over 2,000102
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
Altoona Nursing And Rehabilitation CenterNursing home106 bedsSep 2026
Prairie Vista VillageNursing home46 bedsSep 2026
Southeast Polk Middle SchoolPublic school1,112 studentsJun 2025
Clay ElementaryPublic school700 studentsJun 2025
Willowbrook ElementaryPublic school523 studentsJun 2025
Altoona ElementaryPublic school429 studentsJun 2025
Centennial ElementaryPublic school423 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.

  • Altoona City Fire DepartmentRecord dated May 2019