FirePreplans

Desoto, Illinois. Jackson County.

DeSoto Township Fire Protection District

  • 1,894pre-plans, about one per building
  • 3life-risk sites
  • 30estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 38in the flood zone

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

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All volunteer department. 1 station. 18 volunteer firefighters.

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  • Your first due
  • Stations
  • Life-risk sites
Your first due from your county's published response areas, as of May 2026.

Your first due by the numbers.

1,894pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025
3life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimatedCheck: list over 2 years old
30buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
38buildings 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.
45square miles of first duePublished by your countyAs of May 2026

About 3,544 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

  • Homes1,649
  • Farm buildings94
  • Mobile homes48
  • Businesses40
  • Sheds, utility and other30
  • Apartments and lodging29
  • Schools2
  • Industrial1
  • Government and assembly1
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less879
  • 300 to 500702
  • 550 to 1,000283
  • 1,050 to 2,00025
  • over 2,0005
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
DeSoto Elementary SchoolPublic school198 studentsJun 2025
TCSE-DESOTO ELEMPublic schoolAt setupJun 2025
MURRY's CHILD DEV. CTR.Child care center36 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.

  • De Soto Township Fire Protection DistrictRecord dated Jan 2020