FirePreplans

Niles, Michigan. Berrien County.

Niles Charter Township Fire Department

  • 7,233pre-plans, about one per building
  • 10life-risk sites
  • 166estimated 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. 7 career firefighters.

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Brandywine Elementary School, public schoolBrandywine Senior High School, public schoolMerritt Elementary School, public schoolBrandywine Middle School, public schoolWest Woods Of Niles, nursing homeBrandywine Innovation Academy, public schoolBell Head Start, child care centerBrandywine Community School GSRP Preschool, child care centerNorthside Child Development Center, public schoolNorthside Child Development Center, child care centerNiles Charter Township Fire Department North StationNiles Charter Township Fire Department South StationBrandywine Elem.Brandywine SeniorMerritt Elem.Brandywine MiddleWest WoodsBrandywineBrandywine CommunityNorthside ChildNorthside ChildSTATIONSTATION2 miNBrandywine Elementary School, public schoolBrandywine Senior High School, public schoolMerritt Elementary School, public schoolBrandywine Middle School, public schoolWest Woods Of Niles, nursing homeBrandywine Innovation Academy, public schoolBell Head Start, child care centerBrandywine Community School GSRP Preschool, child care centerNorthside Child Development Center, public schoolNorthside Child Development Center, child care centerNiles Charter Township Fire Department North StationNiles Charter Township Fire Department South StationBrandywine Elem.Brandywine SeniorMerritt Elem.Brandywine MiddleWest WoodsBrandywineNorthside ChildNorthside ChildSTATIONSTATION5 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.

7,233pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026
10life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimated
166buildings 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.
35square miles of first dueEstimated

About 14,677 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

  • Homes6,137
  • Mobile homes422
  • Businesses314
  • Farm buildings150
  • Industrial106
  • Apartments and lodging65
  • Sheds, utility and other24
  • Schools11
  • Government and assembly3
  • Nursing homes and hospitals1
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less3,314
  • 300 to 5002,794
  • 550 to 1,000959
  • 1,050 to 2,000125
  • over 2,00041
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
West Woods Of NilesNursing home121 bedsSep 2026
Brandywine Elementary SchoolPublic school379 studentsJun 2025
Brandywine Senior High SchoolPublic school366 studentsJun 2025
Merritt Elementary SchoolPublic school304 studentsJun 2025
Brandywine Middle SchoolPublic school183 studentsJun 2025
Brandywine Innovation AcademyPublic school69 studentsJun 2025
Northside Child Development CenterPublic school13 studentsJun 2025
Bell Head StartChild care center59 licensed capacityOct 2026
Brandywine Community School GSRP PreschoolChild care center20 licensed capacityOct 2026
Northside Child Development CenterChild care center6 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.

  • Niles Charter Township Fire Department North StationRecord dated Sep 2020
  • Niles Charter Township Fire Department South StationRecord dated Sep 2020