FirePreplans

Iowa.

Cedar County.

We already mapped the first due of all 8 volunteer departments in Cedar County: an estimated 21,874 buildings.

8 volunteer and mostly volunteer departments. 8 stations.

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  • Each department's first due
Estimated by road distance from each department's stations, or taken from the county's published response areas. Each department's officers set the real lines in setup.

The county by the numbers.

8volunteer and mostly volunteer departments, with 8 stations
21,874buildings mapped across their first duesEstimated
20life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimated
762buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
251buildings in the 100-year flood zoneEstimated
583square miles of first dueEstimated

Estimated from public records. A first due can cross the county line, so these count every building in these departments' first dues. Each department's page shows its own sources and dates.

Every department.

Each one has its own page with its map, its numbers and a board packet.

DepartmentStationsBuildingsLife-risk sitesOver 1,000 gpmBoard packet
Bennett Fire DepartmentBennett11,756190Get the packet
Clarence Community Volunteer Fire DepartmentClarence11,819361Get the packet
Durant Fire DepartmentDurant13,5712139Get the packet
Lowden Fire DepartmentLowden11,359163Get the packet
Mechanicsville Fire & Ambulance DepartmentMechanicsville11,990258Get the packet
Stanwood Fire DepartmentStanwood11,155030Get the packet
Tipton Fire DepartmentTipton14,6915132Get the packet
West Branch Fire DepartmentWest Branch15,5336189Get the packet

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