FirePreplans

Indianola, Iowa. Warren County.

Indianola Fire Department

  • 9,089pre-plans, about one per building
  • 10life-risk sites
  • 279estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 56in the flood zone

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

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Mostly volunteer department. 1 station. 12 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.

9,089pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026
10life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimatedCheck: list over 2 years old
279buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
56buildings 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.
96square miles of first dueEstimated

About 18,990 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

  • Homes7,369
  • Mobile homes357
  • Apartments and lodging348
  • Businesses326
  • Farm buildings279
  • Industrial224
  • Sheds, utility and other69
  • Schools47
  • Government and assembly46
  • Nursing homes and hospitals24
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less4,135
  • 300 to 5003,281
  • 550 to 1,0001,394
  • 1,050 to 2,000198
  • over 2,00081
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 - IndianolaNursing home105 bedsSep 2026
Westview Of Indianola Care CenterNursing home71 bedsSep 2026
The VillageNursing home54 bedsSep 2026
Indianola High SchoolPublic school1,165 studentsJun 2025
Indianola Middle SchoolPublic school818 studentsJun 2025
Wilder Elementary SchoolPublic school456 studentsJun 2025
Emerson Elementary SchoolPublic school396 studentsJun 2025
Irving Elementary SchoolPublic school395 studentsJun 2025
Whittier Elementary SchoolPublic school369 studentsJun 2025
Victory Christian AcademyPrivate school23 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.

  • Indianola Fire DepartmentRecord dated Feb 2019