FirePreplans

Valley Center, Kansas. Sedgwick County.

Valley Center Fire Department

  • 3,585pre-plans, about one per building
  • 6life-risk sites
  • 71estimated 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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  • 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.

3,585pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026
6life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimated
71buildings 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.
7square miles of first duePublished by your countyAs of Oct 2023Check: list over 2 years old

About 8,919 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

  • Homes2,944
  • Apartments and lodging144
  • Businesses131
  • Farm buildings126
  • Mobile homes75
  • Industrial60
  • Schools43
  • Government and assembly31
  • Sheds, utility and other28
  • Nursing homes and hospitals3
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less1,218
  • 300 to 5001,715
  • 550 to 1,000581
  • 1,050 to 2,00051
  • over 2,00020
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
Valley Center HighPublic school1,011 studentsJun 2025
Valley Center Middle SchoolPublic school802 studentsJun 2025
Valley Center Intermediate SchoolPublic school443 studentsJun 2025
Wheatland ElemPublic school325 studentsJun 2025
West ElemPublic school264 studentsJun 2025
Abilene ElemPublic school254 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.

  • Valley Center Fire DepartmentRecord dated Mar 2017