FirePreplans

Traverse City, Michigan. Grand Traverse County.

Grand Traverse Rural Fire Department

  • 7,514pre-plans, about one per building
  • 7life-risk sites
  • 165estimated 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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All volunteer department. 5 stations. 80 volunteer firefighters.

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Silver Lake Elementary School, public schoolBlair Elementary School, public schoolBlair Elementary School, child care centerBrightside Living - West Shore, personal care homeTCAPS Child Care - Silver Lake, child care centerMorning Star, personal care homeBeacon Of The North, personal care homeGrand Traverse Rural Fire DepartmentSilver Lake Elem.Blair Elem.Blair Elem.Brightside Living -TCAPS Child Care -Morning StarBeaconSTATION2 miNSilver Lake Elementary School, public schoolBlair Elementary School, public schoolBlair Elementary School, child care centerBrightside Living - West Shore, personal care homeTCAPS Child Care - Silver Lake, child care centerMorning Star, personal care homeBeacon Of The North, personal care homeGrand Traverse Rural Fire DepartmentSilver Lake Elem.Blair Elem.Blair Elem.Brightside Living -TCAPS Child Care -Morning StarBeaconSTATION5 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.

7,514pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026
7life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimated
165buildings 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.
49square miles of first dueEstimated

About 16,553 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

  • Homes4,529
  • Mobile homes1,104
  • Apartments and lodging706
  • Businesses479
  • Industrial479
  • Sheds, utility and other160
  • Schools24
  • Government and assembly22
  • Farm buildings11
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less4,526
  • 300 to 5002,232
  • 550 to 1,000591
  • 1,050 to 2,000131
  • over 2,00034
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; 30% of your buildings have a recorded height.

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
Brightside Living - West ShorePersonal care home14 licensed capacityOct 2026
Morning StarPersonal care home11 licensed capacityOct 2026
Beacon Of The NorthPersonal care home11 licensed capacityOct 2026
Silver Lake Elementary SchoolPublic school286 studentsJun 2025
Blair Elementary SchoolPublic school202 studentsJun 2025
Blair Elementary SchoolChild care center165 licensed capacityOct 2026
TCAPS Child Care - Silver LakeChild care center14 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.

  • Grand Traverse Rural Fire DepartmentPlaced at your address in the national list