FirePreplans

Brooklyn, Michigan. Jackson County.

Columbia Township Fire Department

  • 7,204pre-plans, about one per building
  • 9life-risk sites
  • 116estimated 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. 2 career firefighters.

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Columbia Central High School, public schoolColumbia Upper Elementary School, public schoolColumbia Elementary School, public schoolColumbia Alternative Education, public schoolBirth, Toddler & Beyond - Jackson, child care centerColumbia Child Care II, child care centerCountry Living Afc, personal care homeLittle Acres Day Care, child care centerClark Lake Montessori School, child care centerColumbia Township Fire Department Station 2Columbia Township Fire Department Station 1 HeadquartersColumbia CentralColumbia Upper Elem.Columbia Elem.Columbia AlternativeBirthCountry Living AfcLittle Acres DayClark LakeSTATION 2STATION 12 miNColumbia Central High School, public schoolColumbia Upper Elementary School, public schoolColumbia Elementary School, public schoolColumbia Alternative Education, public schoolBirth, Toddler & Beyond - Jackson, child care centerColumbia Child Care II, child care centerCountry Living Afc, personal care homeLittle Acres Day Care, child care centerClark Lake Montessori School, child care centerColumbia Township Fire Department Station 2Columbia Township Fire Department Station 1 HeadquartersColumbia CentralColumbia Upper Elem.Columbia Elem.Columbia AlternativeBirthColumbia Child CareCountry Living AfcClark LakeSTATION 2STATION 15 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.

7,204pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026
9life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimated
116buildings 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.
58square miles of first dueEstimated

About 12,623 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

  • Homes5,959
  • Businesses405
  • Mobile homes390
  • Farm buildings229
  • Apartments and lodging82
  • Industrial48
  • Sheds, utility and other43
  • Government and assembly25
  • Schools17
  • Nursing homes and hospitals6
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less3,454
  • 300 to 5002,865
  • 550 to 1,000769
  • 1,050 to 2,00082
  • 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; 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
Country Living AfcPersonal care home14 licensed capacityOct 2026
Columbia Central High SchoolPublic school637 studentsJun 2025
Columbia Upper Elementary SchoolPublic school406 studentsJun 2025
Columbia Elementary SchoolPublic school307 studentsJun 2025
Columbia Alternative EducationPublic school78 studentsJun 2025
Birth, Toddler & Beyond - JacksonChild care center76 licensed capacityOct 2026
Columbia Child Care IIChild care center66 licensed capacityOct 2026
Little Acres Day CareChild care center14 licensed capacityOct 2026
Clark Lake Montessori SchoolChild 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.

  • Columbia Township Fire Department Station 2Record dated May 2020
  • Columbia Township Fire Department Station 1 HeadquartersRecord dated Nov 2021