FirePreplans

Ville Platte, Louisiana. Evangeline County.

Ville Platte Fire Department

  • 6,167pre-plans, about one per building
  • 6life-risk sites
  • 111estimated 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. 2 stations. 67 volunteer firefighters. 13 career firefighters.

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  • Your first due
  • Stations
  • Life-risk sites
Your first due, estimated by road distance from your stations. Your officers set the real lines in setup.

Your first due by the numbers.

6,167pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Jun 2025
6life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimated
111buildings 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.
53square miles of first dueEstimated

About 9,761 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

  • Homes3,479
  • Sheds, utility and other2,165
  • Businesses196
  • Mobile homes144
  • Schools76
  • Apartments and lodging64
  • Farm buildings25
  • Industrial11
  • Government and assembly6
  • Nursing homes and hospitals1
EstimatedBuilding records as of Jun 2025

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less3,642
  • 300 to 5001,755
  • 550 to 1,000659
  • 1,050 to 2,00079
  • over 2,00032
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
Heritage Manor Of Ville PlatteNursing home124 bedsSep 2026
Mercy Regional Medical CenterHospitalAt setupOct 2016
James Stephens Montessori SchoolPublic school421 studentsJun 2025
Ville Platte High SchoolPublic school419 studentsJun 2025
Ville Platte Elementary SchoolPublic school319 studentsJun 2025
Evangeline Reimagine AcademyPublic school175 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.

  • Ville Platte Fire DepartmentRecord dated Nov 2021