Rochester, Massachusetts. Plymouth County.

Rochester Fire Department

2,709pre-plans, about one per building
6life-risk sites
45estimated 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. 3 stations. 1 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.

2,709pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025

6life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimated

45buildings 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.

36square miles of first duePublished by your countyAs of May 2026

About 6,053 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

Homes2,349
Apartments and lodging177
Businesses85
Sheds, utility and other45
Government and assembly27
Farm buildings18
Industrial4
Schools4

EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025

Water need, in gpm

250 or less1,154
300 to 5001,179
550 to 1,000331
1,050 to 2,00034
over 2,00011

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.

Name	Type	Size	List as of
Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical	Public school	554 students	Jun 2025
Rochester Memorial	Public school	473 students	Jun 2025
Countryside Child Care Center Inc.	Child care center	74 licensed capacity	Sep 2026
Countryside Child Care - Rochester	Child care center	70 licensed capacity	Sep 2026
Countryside Child Care Center, Inc.School Age Program	Child care center	38 licensed capacity	Sep 2026
A Happy Healthy Start Daycare Preschool	Child care center	14 licensed capacity	Sep 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.

Rochester Fire DepartmentRecord dated Nov 2016

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The board packet is a PDF built for Rochester Fire Department: your numbers, how it works in four steps, what your officers do, the cost and terms, and a motion your secretary can read into the minutes.

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What it costs

Year one

Pay in full: was $650, Free
Or 12 monthly payments: was $54.17 a monththe same total

*The first company in Plymouth County to sign up pays no setup fee. That spot is still open.

Each year after

$120 a year, one payment.

Half of one percent of the typical yearly spending for a first due your size. We found no IRS filing for your company.

Year one is a setup fee that builds every card and includes the monthly checks and the note to the chief. Each year after, $120 a year keeps them going.

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