FirePreplans

Petersburg, Illinois. Menard County.

Petersburg Fire Department

  • 3,498pre-plans, about one per building
  • 6life-risk sites
  • 55estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 46in 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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Porta High School, public schoolPetersburg Elem School, public schoolPorta Central, public schoolSunny Acres Nursing Home, nursing homeNEW SALEM CHILDREN's CENTER II, INC., child care centerCOMMUNITY ACTION HEAD START MENARD, child care centerPetersburg Fire DepartmentPorta HighPetersburg ElemPorta CentralSunny Acres NursingNEW SALEM CHILDREN'sCommunity ActionSTATION2 miNPorta High School, public schoolPetersburg Elem School, public schoolPorta Central, public schoolSunny Acres Nursing Home, nursing homeNEW SALEM CHILDREN's CENTER II, INC., child care centerCOMMUNITY ACTION HEAD START MENARD, child care centerPetersburg Fire DepartmentPorta HighPetersburg ElemPorta CentralSunny Acres NursingNEW SALEM CHILDREN'sCommunity ActionSTATION5 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.

3,498pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025
6life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimatedCheck: list over 2 years old
55buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
46buildings 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.
55square miles of first dueEstimated

About 6,151 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

  • Homes2,839
  • Farm buildings294
  • Businesses179
  • Sheds, utility and other156
  • Schools16
  • Government and assembly8
  • Nursing homes and hospitals5
  • Apartments and lodging1
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less1,723
  • 300 to 5001,250
  • 550 to 1,000470
  • 1,050 to 2,00041
  • over 2,00014
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
Sunny Acres Nursing HomeNursing home99 bedsSep 2026
Porta High SchoolPublic school411 studentsJun 2025
Petersburg Elem SchoolPublic school335 studentsJun 2025
Porta CentralPublic school288 studentsJun 2025
NEW SALEM CHILDREN's CENTER II, INC.Child care center97 licensed capacityMay 2023 Check
COMMUNITY ACTION HEAD START MENARDChild care center20 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.

  • Petersburg Fire DepartmentRecord dated Sep 2017