FirePreplans

Lowell, Indiana. Lake County.

Lowell Volunteer Fire Department, Inc.

  • 7,235pre-plans, about one per building
  • 8life-risk sites
  • 199estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 106in the flood zone

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

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All volunteer department. 1 station. 35 volunteer firefighters.

Lowell Senior High School, public schoolLowell Middle School, public schoolOak Hill Elementary School, public schoolLowell Intermediate School, public schoolThree Creeks Elem School, public schoolLake Prairie Elementary School, public schoolLowell Healthcare, nursing homeCedar Creek Health Campus, nursing homeLowell Volunteer Fire DepartmentLowell Senior HighLowell MiddleOak Hill Elem.Lowell IntermediateThree Creeks ElemLake Prairie Elem.Lowell HealthcareCedar Creek HealthSTATION2 miNLowell Senior High School, public schoolLowell Middle School, public schoolOak Hill Elementary School, public schoolLowell Intermediate School, public schoolThree Creeks Elem School, public schoolLake Prairie Elementary School, public schoolLowell Healthcare, nursing homeCedar Creek Health Campus, nursing homeLowell Volunteer Fire DepartmentLowell Senior HighLowell MiddleOak Hill Elem.Lowell IntermediateThree Creeks ElemLake Prairie Elem.Cedar Creek HealthSTATION5 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.

7,235pre-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
199buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
106buildings 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.
48square miles of first duePublished by your countyAs of Jul 2026

About 16,630 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

  • Homes6,294
  • Businesses513
  • Farm buildings139
  • Apartments and lodging88
  • Sheds, utility and other76
  • Industrial64
  • Schools30
  • Government and assembly27
  • Mobile homes2
  • Nursing homes and hospitals2
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less2,434
  • 300 to 5003,420
  • 550 to 1,0001,182
  • 1,050 to 2,000137
  • over 2,00062
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
Lowell HealthcareNursing home86 bedsSep 2026
Cedar Creek Health CampusNursing home58 bedsSep 2026
Lowell Senior High SchoolPublic school981 studentsJun 2025
Lowell Middle SchoolPublic school498 studentsJun 2025
Oak Hill Elementary SchoolPublic school487 studentsJun 2025
Lowell Intermediate SchoolPublic school486 studentsJun 2025
Three Creeks Elem SchoolPublic school472 studentsJun 2025
Lake Prairie Elementary SchoolPublic school356 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.

  • Lowell Volunteer Fire DepartmentRecord dated Oct 2019