FirePreplans

Amherst, Massachusetts. Hampshire County.

Amherst Fire Department

  • 6,522pre-plans, about one per building
  • 9life-risk sites
  • 364estimated 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. 30 volunteer firefighters. 49 career firefighters.

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Amherst Regional High, public schoolFort River Elementary, public schoolAmherst Regional Middle School, public schoolCrocker Farm Elementary, public schoolWildwood Elementary, public schoolHadley Pointe Nursing Rehab & Care, nursing homeCenter For Extended Care At Amherst, nursing homeThe Common School, private schoolAmherst Montessori School, private schoolAmherst Fire Department - Central StationAmherst Fire Department - North StationAmherst RegionalFort River Elem.Amherst RegionalCrocker Farm Elem.Wildwood Elem.Hadley PointeCenterCommon SchoolAmherst MontessoriSTATIONSTATION2 miNAmherst Regional High, public schoolFort River Elementary, public schoolAmherst Regional Middle School, public schoolCrocker Farm Elementary, public schoolWildwood Elementary, public schoolHadley Pointe Nursing Rehab & Care, nursing homeCenter For Extended Care At Amherst, nursing homeThe Common School, private schoolAmherst Montessori School, private schoolAmherst Fire Department - Central StationAmherst Fire Department - North StationAmherst RegionalFort River Elem.Amherst RegionalCrocker Farm Elem.Wildwood Elem.Hadley PointeCommon SchoolAmherst MontessoriSTATIONSTATION5 miN
  • 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.

6,522pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025
9life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimatedCheck: list over 2 years old
364buildings 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.
30square miles of first dueEstimated

About 19,075 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

  • Homes4,495
  • Apartments and lodging877
  • Schools565
  • Businesses272
  • Sheds, utility and other133
  • Government and assembly131
  • Farm buildings31
  • Industrial12
  • Nursing homes and hospitals6
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less2,535
  • 300 to 5002,778
  • 550 to 1,000845
  • 1,050 to 2,000230
  • over 2,000134
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
Hadley Pointe Nursing Rehab & CareNursing home154 bedsSep 2026
Center For Extended Care At AmherstNursing home134 bedsSep 2026
Amherst Regional HighPublic school816 studentsJun 2025
Fort River ElementaryPublic school371 studentsJun 2025
Amherst Regional Middle SchoolPublic school366 studentsJun 2025
Crocker Farm ElementaryPublic school353 studentsJun 2025
Wildwood ElementaryPublic school314 studentsJun 2025
The Common SchoolPrivate school71 studentsJun 2024 Check
Amherst Montessori SchoolPrivate school23 studentsJun 2024 Check

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.

  • Amherst Fire Department - Central StationRecord dated Dec 2017
  • Amherst Fire Department - North StationRecord dated Dec 2017