Carlinville, Illinois. Macoupin County.

Carlinville Fire Protection District

6,055pre-plans, about one per building
10life-risk sites
174estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
0in the flood zone

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

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All volunteer department. 1 station.

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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.

6,055pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025

10life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimated

174buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated

0buildings 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.

130square miles of first dueEstimated

About 8,340 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

Homes3,857
Farm buildings1,499
Businesses390
Sheds, utility and other237
Schools36
Industrial15
Nursing homes and hospitals9
Government and assembly7
Apartments and lodging5

EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025

Water need, in gpm

250 or less3,091
300 to 5001,911
550 to 1,000879
1,050 to 2,000120
over 2,00054

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.

Name	Type	Size	List as of
Carlinville Rehab & Hcc	Nursing home	98 beds	Sep 2026
Lakeside Health & Rehab Center	Nursing home	95 beds	Sep 2026
Hallmark Hc Of Carlinville	Nursing home	49 beds	Sep 2026
Carlinville Area Hospital	Hospital	At setup	Aug 2017
Carlinville Primary School	Public school	376 students	Jun 2025
Carlinville High School	Public school	353 students	Jun 2025
Carlinville Middle School	Public school	286 students	Jun 2025
Carlinville Intermediate School	Public school	267 students	Jun 2025
ROE Alt. Edu. Center-Macoupin	Public school	At setup	Jun 2025
ROE Safe Sch Macoupin	Public school	At setup	Jun 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.

Carlinville Fire DepartmentRecord dated Aug 2017

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The board packet is a PDF built for Carlinville Fire Protection District: your numbers, how it works in four steps, what your officers do, the cost and terms, and a motion your secretary can read into the minutes.

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What it costs

Year one

Pay in full: was $1,550, Free
Or 12 monthly payments: was $129.17 a monththe same total

*The first company in Macoupin County to sign up pays no setup fee. That spot is still open.

Each year after

$120 a year, one payment.

Half of one percent of the typical yearly spending for a first due your size. We found no IRS filing for your company.

Year one is a setup fee that builds every card and includes the monthly checks and the note to the chief. Each year after, $120 a year keeps them going.

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