FirePreplans

Columbus, Kansas. Cherokee County.

Columbus Fire Department

  • 4,569pre-plans, about one per building
  • 7life-risk sites
  • 177estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • At setupin the flood zone

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

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Mostly volunteer department. 1 station. 4 career firefighters.

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Columbus Junior High and High School, public schoolCentral Elem, public schoolPark Elem, public schoolMedicalodges Columbus, nursing homeMercy Hospital - Columbus, hospitalTHE AUTUMN PLACE, personal care homeTHE AUTUMN PLACE MEMORY CARE UNIT, personal care homeColumbus Fire DepartmentColumbus Junior HighCentral ElemPark ElemMedicalodgesAutumn PlaceAutumn Place MemorySTATION5 miNColumbus Junior High and High School, public schoolCentral Elem, public schoolPark Elem, public schoolMedicalodges Columbus, nursing homeMercy Hospital - Columbus, hospitalTHE AUTUMN PLACE, personal care homeTHE AUTUMN PLACE MEMORY CARE UNIT, personal care homeColumbus Fire DepartmentColumbus Junior HighCentral ElemPark ElemMedicalodgesMercy Hospital -STATION10 miN
  • Your first due
  • Stations
  • Life-risk sites
Your first due from your county's published response areas, as of Oct 2023.

Your first due by the numbers.

4,569pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026
7life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimated
177buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
At setupbuildings in the 100-year flood zone. We read the flood map for your area when you set up, and every card shows its zone.
At setuphydrants. Send your hydrant list or map in any form, or mark them in setup, and every card plans its water from them.
196square miles of first duePublished by your countyAs of Oct 2023Check: list over 2 years old

About 7,251 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

  • Homes3,530
  • Farm buildings297
  • Mobile homes259
  • Businesses189
  • Industrial95
  • Apartments and lodging58
  • Sheds, utility and other53
  • Schools51
  • Government and assembly33
  • Nursing homes and hospitals4
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less2,423
  • 300 to 5001,402
  • 550 to 1,000567
  • 1,050 to 2,000124
  • over 2,00053
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
Medicalodges ColumbusNursing home45 bedsSep 2026
Mercy Hospital - ColumbusHospitalAt setupOct 2021
THE AUTUMN PLACEPersonal care homeAt setupOct 2026
THE AUTUMN PLACE MEMORY CARE UNITPersonal care homeAt setupOct 2026
Columbus Junior High and High SchoolPublic school438 studentsJun 2025
Central ElemPublic school348 studentsJun 2025
Park ElemPublic school208 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.

  • Columbus Fire DepartmentRecord dated Aug 2021