FirePreplans

Grimes, Iowa. Polk County.

Grimes Fire and Rescue

  • 6,944pre-plans, about one per building
  • 7life-risk sites
  • 317estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 34in the flood zone

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

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Mostly volunteer department. 1 station. 4 career firefighters.

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Dallas Center-Grimes High School, public schoolDC-G Oak View, public schoolHeritage Elementary, public schoolWaterford Elementary School, public schoolSouth Prairie Elementary, public schoolNorth Ridge Elementary, public schoolKennybrook Village, nursing homeJohnston - Grimes Metropolitan Fire Department Station 37Dallas Center-GrimesDC-G Oak ViewHeritage Elem.Waterford Elem.South Prairie Elem.North Ridge Elem.Kennybrook VillageSTATION 371 miNDallas Center-Grimes High School, public schoolDC-G Oak View, public schoolHeritage Elementary, public schoolWaterford Elementary School, public schoolSouth Prairie Elementary, public schoolNorth Ridge Elementary, public schoolKennybrook Village, nursing homeJohnston - Grimes Metropolitan Fire Department Station 37Dallas Center-GrimesDC-G Oak ViewHeritage Elem.Waterford Elem.South Prairie Elem.North Ridge Elem.STATION 372 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.

6,944pre-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
317buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
34buildings 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.
25square miles of first dueEstimated

About 22,008 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

  • Homes6,273
  • Apartments and lodging182
  • Businesses165
  • Government and assembly73
  • Mobile homes69
  • Sheds, utility and other62
  • Industrial48
  • Farm buildings44
  • Schools25
  • Nursing homes and hospitals3
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less1,385
  • 300 to 5002,849
  • 550 to 1,0002,393
  • 1,050 to 2,000242
  • over 2,00075
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; 6% of your buildings have a recorded height.

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
Kennybrook VillageNursing home40 bedsSep 2026
Dallas Center-Grimes High SchoolPublic school1,073 studentsJun 2025
DC-G Oak ViewPublic school537 studentsJun 2025
Heritage ElementaryPublic school530 studentsJun 2025
Waterford Elementary SchoolPublic school464 studentsJun 2025
South Prairie ElementaryPublic school436 studentsJun 2025
North Ridge ElementaryPublic school412 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.

  • Johnston - Grimes Metropolitan Fire Department Station 37Record dated Oct 2017