Braidwood, Illinois. Will County.

Braidwood Fire Protection District

5,325pre-plans, about one per building
9life-risk sites
49estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
21in 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 from your county's published response areas, as of Oct 2026.

Your first due by the numbers.

5,325pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025

9life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimatedCheck: list over 2 years old

49buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated

21buildings in the 100-year flood zone, mapped zones onlyEstimatedFlood maps as of Oct 2026

413hydrants mapped, covering about 75% of your buildingsHydrant maps as of Dec 2018Check: list over 2 years old

28square miles of first duePublished by your countyAs of Oct 2026

About 9,847 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

Homes4,473
Sheds, utility and other293
Businesses267
Farm buildings210
Industrial67
Schools13
Government and assembly2

EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025

Water need, in gpm

250 or less4,419
300 to 500652
550 to 1,000205
1,050 to 2,00031
over 2,00018

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; 68% 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.

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
Reed-Custer Elementary School	Public school	690 students	Jun 2025
Reed-Custer High School	Public school	397 students	Jun 2025
Reed-Custer Middle School	Public school	306 students	Jun 2025
SOWIC-EC Reed Custer	Public school	At setup	Jun 2025
SOWIC-Educ & Life Skills-Reed Cus	Public school	At setup	Jun 2025
SOWIC-Educ & Life Skills-Reed Cus	Public school	At setup	Jun 2025
GODLEY PARK DISTRICT CHILD CARE	Child care center	90 licensed capacity	May 2023 Check
PLAYHOUSE ACADEMY	Child care center	82 licensed capacity	May 2023 Check
REED-CUSTER EARLY LEARNING CENTER	Child care center	24 licensed capacity	May 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.

Braidwood Fire Protection District Station 1Record dated Oct 2020

Take it to your board.

The board packet is a PDF built for Braidwood 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 Will 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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