FirePreplans

Windsor Heights, Iowa. Polk County.

Windsor Heights Fire Department

  • 5,399pre-plans, about one per building
  • 7life-risk sites
  • 123estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 162in the flood zone

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

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Mostly volunteer department. 1 station. 7 career firefighters.

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Dowling Catholic High School, private schoolCowles Elementary School, public schoolWindsor Elementary, public schoolSt Theresa Catholic School, private schoolMt Olive Lutheran School, private schoolPine Acres Rehabilitation And Care Center, nursing homeAirazi Academy, private schoolWindsor Heights Fire DepartmentDowling CatholicCowles Elem.Windsor Elem.St Theresa CatholicMt Olive LutheranPine AcresAirazi AcademySTATION0.5 miNDowling Catholic High School, private schoolCowles Elementary School, public schoolWindsor Elementary, public schoolSt Theresa Catholic School, private schoolMt Olive Lutheran School, private schoolPine Acres Rehabilitation And Care Center, nursing homeAirazi Academy, private schoolWindsor Heights Fire DepartmentDowling CatholicCowles Elem.Windsor Elem.St Theresa CatholicMt Olive LutheranPine AcresAirazi AcademySTATION1 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.

5,399pre-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 caresEstimatedCheck: list over 2 years old
123buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
162buildings 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.
4square miles of first dueEstimated

About 11,425 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

  • Homes4,723
  • Apartments and lodging364
  • Businesses170
  • Schools50
  • Government and assembly39
  • Industrial35
  • Sheds, utility and other12
  • Nursing homes and hospitals3
  • Farm buildings3
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less3,267
  • 300 to 5001,718
  • 550 to 1,000291
  • 1,050 to 2,00087
  • over 2,00036
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; 9% 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
Pine Acres Rehabilitation And Care CenterNursing home140 bedsSep 2026
Cowles Elementary SchoolPublic school392 studentsJun 2025
Windsor ElementaryPublic school254 studentsJun 2025
Dowling Catholic High SchoolPrivate school1,354 studentsJun 2024 Check
St Theresa Catholic SchoolPrivate school221 studentsJun 2024 Check
Mt Olive Lutheran SchoolPrivate school191 studentsJun 2024 Check
Airazi AcademyPrivate school58 studentsJun 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.

  • Windsor Heights Fire DepartmentRecord dated Apr 2020