Dyer, Indiana. Lake County.

Dyer Volunteer Fire Department

8,646pre-plans, about one per building
8life-risk sites
183estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
218in the flood zone

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

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All volunteer department. 2 stations.

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Your first due
Stations
Life-risk sites

Your first due from your county's published response areas, as of Jul 2026.

Your first due by the numbers.

8,646pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025

8life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimatedCheck: list over 2 years old

183buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated

218buildings 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.

9square miles of first duePublished by your countyAs of Jul 2026

About 20,343 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

Homes8,280
Businesses221
Apartments and lodging64
Industrial23
Government and assembly20
Sheds, utility and other19
Schools9
Nursing homes and hospitals8
Mobile homes1
Farm buildings1

EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025

Water need, in gpm

250 or less2,553
300 to 5004,295
550 to 1,0001,615
1,050 to 2,000151
over 2,00032

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
Dyer Nursing And Rehabilitation Center	Nursing home	161 beds	Sep 2026
Great Lakes Healthcare Center	Nursing home	134 beds	Sep 2026
Ignite Medical Resort Dyer Llc	Nursing home	100 beds	Sep 2026
Franciscan Health Dyer	Hospital	At setup	Dec 2017
Kahler Middle School	Public school	971 students	Jun 2025
Protsman Elementary School	Public school	614 students	Jun 2025
George Bibich Elementary School	Public school	547 students	Jun 2025
Plum Creek Christian Academy	Private school	242 students	Jun 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.

Dyer Volunteer Fire Department Station 1Record dated Oct 2019
Dyer Volunteer Fire Department Station 2Record dated Jan 2022

Take it to your board.

The board packet is a PDF built for Dyer Volunteer Fire Department: 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 $2,400, Free
Or 12 monthly payments: was $200 a monththe same total

*The first company in Lake 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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