FirePreplans

Ottumwa, Iowa. Wapello County.

Wapello County Rural Fire Department

  • 6,442pre-plans, about one per building
  • 7life-risk sites
  • 54estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 25in the flood zone

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

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All volunteer department. 1 station. 25 volunteer firefighters.

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Evans Junior High School, public schoolLiberty Intermediate School, public schoolPickwick Early Childhood Center, public schoolFahrney Elementary, public schoolDouma Elementary School, public schoolGood Samaritan - Ottumwa, nursing homeOttumwa Christian School, private schoolWapello County Rural Fire DepartmentEvans Junior HighLiberty IntermediatePickwick EarlyFahrney Elem.Good Samaritan -Ottumwa ChristianSTATION2 miNEvans Junior High School, public schoolLiberty Intermediate School, public schoolPickwick Early Childhood Center, public schoolFahrney Elementary, public schoolDouma Elementary School, public schoolGood Samaritan - Ottumwa, nursing homeOttumwa Christian School, private schoolWapello County Rural Fire DepartmentLiberty IntermediatePickwick EarlyDouma Elem.Good Samaritan -Ottumwa ChristianSTATION5 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.

6,442pre-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
54buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
25buildings 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.
58square miles of first dueEstimated

About 13,134 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

  • Homes5,639
  • Mobile homes313
  • Farm buildings192
  • Industrial171
  • Businesses45
  • Apartments and lodging23
  • Schools19
  • Sheds, utility and other17
  • Government and assembly16
  • Nursing homes and hospitals7
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less3,992
  • 300 to 5001,963
  • 550 to 1,000433
  • 1,050 to 2,00043
  • over 2,00011
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
Good Samaritan - OttumwaNursing home126 bedsSep 2026
Evans Junior High SchoolPublic school684 studentsJun 2025
Liberty Intermediate SchoolPublic school633 studentsJun 2025
Pickwick Early Childhood CenterPublic school560 studentsJun 2025
Fahrney ElementaryPublic school490 studentsJun 2025
Douma Elementary SchoolPublic school327 studentsJun 2025
Ottumwa Christian SchoolPrivate school97 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.

  • Wapello County Rural Fire DepartmentPlaced at your address in the national list