FirePreplans

Essex, Illinois. Kankakee County.

Essex Fire Protection District

  • 1,728pre-plans, about one per building
  • 0life-risk sites
  • 62estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 1in the flood zone

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

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All volunteer department. 1 station. 30 volunteer firefighters.

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Your first due from your county's published response areas, as of Oct 2023.

Your first due by the numbers.

1,728pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025
0life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimated
62buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
1buildings 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.
47square miles of first duePublished by your countyAs of Oct 2023Check: list over 2 years old

About 2,875 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

  • Homes1,395
  • Businesses200
  • Farm buildings112
  • Sheds, utility and other19
  • Government and assembly2
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less744
  • 300 to 500567
  • 550 to 1,000355
  • 1,050 to 2,00054
  • over 2,0008
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; 2% of your buildings have a recorded height.

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.

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.

  • Essex Fire Protection DistrictRecord dated Jan 2020