FirePreplans

Wheeler, Indiana. Porter County.

Union Fire-Rescue

  • 5,299pre-plans, about one per building
  • 4life-risk sites
  • 83estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 17in the flood zone

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

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All volunteer department. 2 stations. 40 volunteer firefighters.

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Wheeler High School, public schoolUnion Center Elementary School, public schoolUnion Township Middle School, public schoolJohn Simatovich Elementary School, public schoolUnion Township Volunteer Fire and Rescue Station 1Union Township Volunteer Fire and Rescue Station 2Wheeler HighUnion Center Elem.Union TownshipJohn SimatovichSTATION 1STATION 21 miNWheeler High School, public schoolUnion Center Elementary School, public schoolUnion Township Middle School, public schoolJohn Simatovich Elementary School, public schoolUnion Township Volunteer Fire and Rescue Station 1Union Township Volunteer Fire and Rescue Station 2Wheeler HighUnion Center Elem.Union TownshipJohn SimatovichSTATION 1STATION 22 miN
  • Your first due
  • Stations
  • Life-risk sites
Your first due from your county's published response areas, as of Jun 2022.

Your first due by the numbers.

5,299pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025
4life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimated
83buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
17buildings 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.
30square miles of first duePublished by your countyAs of Jun 2022Check: list over 2 years old

About 12,725 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

  • Homes5,072
  • Farm buildings59
  • Apartments and lodging49
  • Businesses38
  • Industrial24
  • Schools23
  • Sheds, utility and other19
  • Government and assembly15
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less1,614
  • 300 to 5002,463
  • 550 to 1,0001,139
  • 1,050 to 2,00066
  • 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
Wheeler High SchoolPublic school387 studentsJun 2025
Union Center Elementary SchoolPublic school386 studentsJun 2025
Union Township Middle SchoolPublic school333 studentsJun 2025
John Simatovich Elementary SchoolPublic school280 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.

  • Union Township Volunteer Fire and Rescue Station 1Record dated Jan 2022
  • Union Township Volunteer Fire and Rescue Station 2Record dated Jan 2022