FirePreplans

Beardstown, Illinois. Cass County.

Beardstown Fire Department

  • 5,937pre-plans, about one per building
  • 5life-risk sites
  • 155estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 215in the flood zone

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

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Mostly volunteer department. 1 station. 9 career firefighters.

Beardstown Jr/Sr High School, public schoolGard Elementary School, public schoolBeardstown Christian Academy, private schoolBeardstown Health & Rehab Ctr, nursing homePARENT AND CHILD TOGETHER, child care centerBeardstown Fire Department and Ambulance Service Station 1Beardstown Jr/SrGard Elem.Beardstown ChristianBeardstown Health &Parent and ChildSTATION 15 miNBeardstown Jr/Sr High School, public schoolGard Elementary School, public schoolBeardstown Christian Academy, private schoolBeardstown Health & Rehab Ctr, nursing homePARENT AND CHILD TOGETHER, child care centerBeardstown Fire Department and Ambulance Service Station 1Beardstown Jr/SrGard Elem.Beardstown ChristianBeardstown Health &Parent and ChildSTATION 15 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.

5,937pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025
5life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimatedCheck: list over 2 years old
155buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
215buildings 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.
88square miles of first dueEstimated

About 8,753 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

  • Homes3,976
  • Sheds, utility and other1,038
  • Farm buildings608
  • Businesses281
  • Apartments and lodging20
  • Schools7
  • Government and assembly4
  • Nursing homes and hospitals2
  • Industrial1
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less3,445
  • 300 to 5001,836
  • 550 to 1,000501
  • 1,050 to 2,00094
  • over 2,00061
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
Beardstown Health & Rehab CtrNursing home79 bedsSep 2026
Beardstown Jr/Sr High SchoolPublic school820 studentsJun 2025
Gard Elementary SchoolPublic school711 studentsJun 2025
Beardstown Christian AcademyPrivate school121 studentsJun 2024 Check
PARENT AND CHILD TOGETHERChild care center40 licensed capacityMay 2023 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.

  • Beardstown Fire Department and Ambulance Service Station 1Record dated Sep 2017