FirePreplans

Whitinsville, Massachusetts. Worcester County.

Northbridge Fire Department

  • 4,939pre-plans, about one per building
  • 6life-risk sites
  • 102estimated 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. 12 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.

4,939pre-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 caresEstimatedCheck: list over 2 years old
102buildings 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.
21square miles of first dueEstimated

About 12,673 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

  • Homes3,659
  • Apartments and lodging733
  • Businesses199
  • Schools172
  • Government and assembly95
  • Industrial43
  • Sheds, utility and other22
  • Nursing homes and hospitals8
  • Mobile homes4
  • Farm buildings4
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less2,432
  • 300 to 5002,065
  • 550 to 1,000340
  • 1,050 to 2,00067
  • over 2,00035
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
Adviniacare At NorthbridgeNursing home154 bedsSep 2026
Blackstone Valley Health And RehabilitationNursing home123 bedsSep 2026
Northbridge Elementary SchoolPublic school973 studentsJun 2025
Northbridge HighPublic school471 studentsJun 2025
Northbridge MiddlePublic school394 studentsJun 2025
Whitinsville Christian SchoolPrivate school625 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.

  • Northbridge Fire DepartmentRecord dated Sep 2020