FirePreplans

Lake Station, Indiana. Lake County.

Lake Station Volunteer Fire Department

  • 6,748pre-plans, about one per building
  • 8life-risk sites
  • 45estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 182in 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.

Thomas A Edison Jr-Sr HS, public schoolRiver Forest High School, public schoolHenry S Evans Elementary School, public schoolJohn I Meister Elementary School, public schoolRiver Forest Middle School, public schoolVirgil I Bailey Elementary School, public schoolAlexander Hamilton Elementary Sch, public schoolLAKE PARK RESIDENTIAL CARE, personal care homeLake Station Fire DepartmentThomas A EdisonRiver Forest HighHenry S Evans Elem.John I Meister Elem.River Forest MiddleVirgil I BaileyAlexander HamiltonLake ParkSTATION1 miNThomas A Edison Jr-Sr HS, public schoolRiver Forest High School, public schoolHenry S Evans Elementary School, public schoolJohn I Meister Elementary School, public schoolRiver Forest Middle School, public schoolVirgil I Bailey Elementary School, public schoolAlexander Hamilton Elementary Sch, public schoolLAKE PARK RESIDENTIAL CARE, personal care homeLake Station Fire DepartmentThomas A EdisonRiver Forest HighHenry S Evans Elem.Virgil I BaileyAlexander HamiltonLake ParkSTATION1 miN
  • 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.

6,748pre-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 caresEstimated
45buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
182buildings 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 12,833 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

  • Homes5,574
  • Mobile homes499
  • Businesses421
  • Sheds, utility and other80
  • Apartments and lodging79
  • Government and assembly44
  • Schools30
  • Industrial14
  • Farm buildings5
  • Nursing homes and hospitals2
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less5,452
  • 300 to 5001,141
  • 550 to 1,000110
  • 1,050 to 2,00028
  • over 2,00017
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
LAKE PARK RESIDENTIAL CAREPersonal care homeAt setupOct 2026
Thomas A Edison Jr-Sr HSPublic school595 studentsJun 2025
River Forest High SchoolPublic school565 studentsJun 2025
Henry S Evans Elementary SchoolPublic school400 studentsJun 2025
John I Meister Elementary SchoolPublic school373 studentsJun 2025
River Forest Middle SchoolPublic school369 studentsJun 2025
Virgil I Bailey Elementary SchoolPublic school235 studentsJun 2025
Alexander Hamilton Elementary SchPublic school200 studentsJun 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.

  • Lake Station Fire DepartmentRecord dated Jan 2022