FirePreplans

Halifax, Massachusetts. Plymouth County.

Halifax Fire Department

  • 3,380pre-plans, about one per building
  • 5life-risk sites
  • 30estimated 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. 11 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 May 2026.

Your first due by the numbers.

3,380pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025
5life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimated
30buildings 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.
17square miles of first duePublished by your countyAs of May 2026

About 9,467 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

  • Homes3,122
  • Businesses92
  • Sheds, utility and other73
  • Apartments and lodging34
  • Government and assembly33
  • Industrial12
  • Farm buildings7
  • Schools5
  • Mobile homes2
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less1,895
  • 300 to 5001,232
  • 550 to 1,000223
  • 1,050 to 2,00021
  • over 2,0009
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
Halifax ElementaryPublic school531 studentsJun 2025
The Magical Years Early Learning Center IncChild care center58 licensed capacitySep 2026
Old Colony YMCA HalifaxChild care center52 licensed capacitySep 2026
The Magical Years Early Learning CenterChild care center47 licensed capacitySep 2026
T.L.C. Country Day School, IncChild care center39 licensed capacitySep 2026

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.

  • Halifax Fire DepartmentRecord dated Nov 2016