FirePreplans

Thompsonville, Illinois. Franklin County.

Cave Eastern Fire Protection District

  • 3,902pre-plans, about one per building
  • 5life-risk sites
  • 68estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 37in the flood zone

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

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All volunteer department. 2 stations. 16 volunteer firefighters.

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Thompsonville Grade School, public schoolAkin Comm Cons Elem School, public schoolThompsonville High School, public schoolSOUTHERN KIDS ACADEMY LLC, child care centerThompsonville Christian School, private schoolCave Eastern Fire Protection District Station 1Cave Eastern Fire Protection District Station 2Thompsonville GradeAkin Comm Cons ElemThompsonville HighSouthern KidsThompsonvilleSTATION 1STATION 25 miNThompsonville Grade School, public schoolAkin Comm Cons Elem School, public schoolThompsonville High School, public schoolSOUTHERN KIDS ACADEMY LLC, child care centerThompsonville Christian School, private schoolCave Eastern Fire Protection District Station 1Cave Eastern Fire Protection District Station 2Thompsonville GradeAkin Comm Cons ElemThompsonville HighSouthern KidsThompsonvilleSTATION 1STATION 25 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.

3,902pre-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
68buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
37buildings 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.
122square miles of first dueEstimated

About 6,532 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

  • Homes2,903
  • Farm buildings860
  • Businesses58
  • Sheds, utility and other37
  • Industrial26
  • Schools10
  • Apartments and lodging5
  • Government and assembly2
  • Mobile homes1
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less2,149
  • 300 to 5001,279
  • 550 to 1,000406
  • 1,050 to 2,00052
  • over 2,00016
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
Thompsonville Grade SchoolPublic school204 studentsJun 2025
Akin Comm Cons Elem SchoolPublic school124 studentsJun 2025
Thompsonville High SchoolPublic school90 studentsJun 2025
Thompsonville Christian SchoolPrivate school22 studentsJun 2024 Check
SOUTHERN KIDS ACADEMY LLCChild care center41 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.

  • Cave Eastern Fire Protection District Station 1Record dated Jul 2026
  • Cave Eastern Fire Protection District Station 2Record dated Aug 2016