FirePreplans

Rockford, Illinois. Winnebago County.

Northwest Fire Protection District

  • 4,330pre-plans, about one per building
  • 3life-risk sites
  • 74estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 411in the flood zone

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

See a sample pre-plan

All volunteer department. 2 stations. 39 volunteer firefighters.

Summerdale Early Childhood Center, public schoolBerean Baptist Christian School, private schoolVeritas Christi Hybrid Academy, private schoolNorthwest Fire Protection District Station 1Northwest Fire Protection District Station 2Summerdale EarlyBerean BaptistVeritas ChristiSTATION 1STATION 22 miNSummerdale Early Childhood Center, public schoolBerean Baptist Christian School, private schoolVeritas Christi Hybrid Academy, private schoolNorthwest Fire Protection District Station 1Northwest Fire Protection District Station 2Berean BaptistVeritas ChristiSTATION 1STATION 25 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.

4,330pre-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
74buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
411buildings 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.
41square miles of first dueEstimated

About 7,279 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

  • Homes3,337
  • Farm buildings599
  • Apartments and lodging133
  • Sheds, utility and other93
  • Industrial91
  • Businesses65
  • Government and assembly7
  • Schools5
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less2,099
  • 300 to 5001,527
  • 550 to 1,000630
  • 1,050 to 2,00049
  • over 2,00025
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
Summerdale Early Childhood CenterPublic school460 studentsJun 2025
Berean Baptist Christian SchoolPrivate school124 studentsJun 2024 Check
Veritas Christi Hybrid AcademyPrivate school35 studentsJun 2024 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.

  • Northwest Fire Protection District Station 1Record dated Oct 2020
  • Northwest Fire Protection District Station 2Record dated Oct 2020