FirePreplans

Carthage, Illinois. Hancock County.

Carthage Clipper Fire Department

  • 3,760pre-plans, about one per building
  • 7life-risk sites
  • 104estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 47in the flood zone

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

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All volunteer department. 1 station. 29 volunteer firefighters.

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Illini West High School, public schoolCarthage Primary School, public schoolCarthage Middle School, public schoolMemorial Hospital, hospitalROYALS Academy Carthage, public schoolROYALS RSSP Carthage, public schoolWCISEC HS MD, public schoolCarthage Fire DepartmentIllini West HighCarthage PrimaryCarthage MiddleMemorial HospitalROYALS AcademySTATION5 miNIllini West High School, public schoolCarthage Primary School, public schoolCarthage Middle School, public schoolMemorial Hospital, hospitalROYALS Academy Carthage, public schoolROYALS RSSP Carthage, public schoolWCISEC HS MD, public schoolCarthage Fire DepartmentIllini West HighCarthage PrimaryCarthage MiddleMemorial HospitalROYALS AcademyROYALS RSSP CarthageSTATION5 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.

3,760pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025
7life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimated
104buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
47buildings 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.
123square miles of first dueEstimated

About 4,329 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

  • Homes2,290
  • Farm buildings1,060
  • Businesses188
  • Sheds, utility and other186
  • Schools14
  • Apartments and lodging10
  • Nursing homes and hospitals6
  • Government and assembly5
  • Industrial1
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less1,719
  • 300 to 5001,377
  • 550 to 1,000560
  • 1,050 to 2,00084
  • over 2,00020
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
Memorial HospitalHospitalAt setupFeb 2017
Illini West High SchoolPublic school349 studentsJun 2025
Carthage Primary SchoolPublic school238 studentsJun 2025
Carthage Middle SchoolPublic school167 studentsJun 2025
ROYALS Academy CarthagePublic schoolAt setupJun 2025
ROYALS RSSP CarthagePublic schoolAt setupJun 2025
WCISEC HS MDPublic schoolAt setupJun 2025

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.

  • Carthage Fire DepartmentRecord dated Feb 2017