FirePreplans

Plainwell, Michigan. Barry County.

Plainwell Public Safety Department

  • 2,092pre-plans, about one per building
  • 16life-risk sites
  • 71estimated 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. 7 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 Mar 2022.

Your first due by the numbers.

2,092pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026
16life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimated
71buildings 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.
5square miles of first duePublished by your countyAs of Mar 2022Check: list over 2 years old

About 4,124 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

  • Homes1,703
  • Businesses165
  • Mobile homes66
  • Industrial60
  • Apartments and lodging37
  • Schools25
  • Sheds, utility and other13
  • Nursing homes and hospitals9
  • Government and assembly7
  • Farm buildings7
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less1,058
  • 300 to 500826
  • 550 to 1,000137
  • 1,050 to 2,00040
  • over 2,00031
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
Life Care Center Of PlainwellNursing home119 bedsSep 2026
Beacon PlainwellHospitalAt setupJul 2025
Stanford LodgePersonal care home20 licensed capacityOct 2026
Beacon Home At The OaksPersonal care home20 licensed capacityOct 2026
Harmony HousePersonal care home12 licensed capacityOct 2026
Beacon Home At Bridge StreetPersonal care home12 licensed capacityOct 2026
Plainwell High SchoolPublic school828 studentsJun 2025
Plainwell Middle SchoolPublic school569 studentsJun 2025
Gilkey Elementary SchoolPublic school439 studentsJun 2025
Starr Elementary SchoolPublic school410 studentsJun 2025
Renaissance High SchoolPublic school86 studentsJun 2025
Starr SAFEChild care center56 licensed capacityOct 2026
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Always Believe in Children Daycare Center, LLCChild care center34 licensed capacityOct 2026
Starr Head StartChild care center32 licensed capacityOct 2026
Gilkey SAFEChild care center7 licensed capacityOct 2026
Plainwell Corners PreschoolChild care center7 licensed capacityOct 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.

  • Plainwell Public Safety Department Fire StationRecord dated Sep 2020