FirePreplans

Battle Creek, Michigan. Calhoun County.

Pennfield Fire Department

  • 4,594pre-plans, about one per building
  • 8life-risk sites
  • 58estimated 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. 4 career firefighters.

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Pennfield Senior High School, public schoolPennfield Middle School, public schoolPennfield Dunlap Elementary, public schoolNorth Pennfield Elementary, public schoolBattle Creek Christian Early Learning Center, child care centerLearning Zone Preschool and Childcare and GSRP, child care centerHilten Group Home, personal care homeLens Learning Center, child care centerPennfield Township Fire Department Station 1Pennfield Township Fire Department Station 2Pennfield SeniorPennfield MiddleNorth PennfieldBattle CreekLearning ZoneLens Learning CenterSTATION 1STATION 22 miNPennfield Senior High School, public schoolPennfield Middle School, public schoolPennfield Dunlap Elementary, public schoolNorth Pennfield Elementary, public schoolBattle Creek Christian Early Learning Center, child care centerLearning Zone Preschool and Childcare and GSRP, child care centerHilten Group Home, personal care homeLens Learning Center, child care centerPennfield Township Fire Department Station 1Pennfield Township Fire Department Station 2Pennfield SeniorPennfield MiddleNorth PennfieldBattle CreekSTATION 1STATION 25 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.

4,594pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026
8life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimated
58buildings 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.
47square miles of first dueEstimated

About 8,922 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

  • Homes3,973
  • Mobile homes377
  • Businesses110
  • Farm buildings43
  • Sheds, utility and other28
  • Apartments and lodging21
  • Schools20
  • Industrial16
  • Government and assembly6
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less2,152
  • 300 to 5001,876
  • 550 to 1,000508
  • 1,050 to 2,00039
  • over 2,00019
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
Hilten Group HomePersonal care home12 licensed capacityOct 2026
Pennfield Senior High SchoolPublic school748 studentsJun 2025
Pennfield Middle SchoolPublic school471 studentsJun 2025
Pennfield Dunlap ElementaryPublic school273 studentsJun 2025
North Pennfield ElementaryPublic school188 studentsJun 2025
Battle Creek Christian Early Learning CenterChild care center135 licensed capacityOct 2026
Learning Zone Preschool and Childcare and GSRPChild care center100 licensed capacityOct 2026
Lens Learning CenterChild 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.

  • Pennfield Township Fire Department Station 1Record dated Sep 2020
  • Pennfield Township Fire Department Station 2Record dated Nov 2021