FirePreplans

Columbia Heights, Minnesota. Anoka County.

Columbia Heights Fire Department

  • 8,686pre-plans, about one per building
  • 18life-risk sites
  • 129estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 6in the flood zone

Estimated from public records. Your officers fix what is off in setup.

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Mostly volunteer department. 1 station. 10 career firefighters.

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Columbia Heights Senior High, public schoolColumbia Academy, public schoolValley View Elementary, public schoolHighland Elementary, public schoolProdeo Columbia Heights Middle, public schoolBultum Academy, public schoolProdeo Columbia Heights Elementary, public schoolProdeo Columbia Heights Primary, public schoolImmaculate Conception School, private schoolCrest View Lutheran Home, nursing homeSTORYPOINT COLUMBIA HEIGHTS, personal care homeEarly Childhood, public schoolRIVER OAKS COLUMBIA HEIGHTS, personal care homePERSONAL CARE SENIOR LIVING, personal care homeAnchor, public schoolColumbia Heights Transition Program, public schoolLittle Voyageurs Montessori School, private schoolColumbia Academy Anchor Program, public schoolColumbia Heights Fire DepartmentColumbia HeightsColumbia AcademyValley View Elem.Highland Elem.Prodeo ColumbiaBultum AcademyProdeo ColumbiaProdeo ColumbiaImmaculateCrest View LutheranStorypoint ColumbiaEarly ChildhoodRiver Oaks ColumbiaPersonal Care SeniorAnchorColumbia HeightsLittle VoyageursColumbia AcademySTATION0.5 miNColumbia Heights Senior High, public schoolColumbia Academy, public schoolValley View Elementary, public schoolHighland Elementary, public schoolProdeo Columbia Heights Middle, public schoolBultum Academy, public schoolProdeo Columbia Heights Elementary, public schoolProdeo Columbia Heights Primary, public schoolImmaculate Conception School, private schoolCrest View Lutheran Home, nursing homeSTORYPOINT COLUMBIA HEIGHTS, personal care homeEarly Childhood, public schoolRIVER OAKS COLUMBIA HEIGHTS, personal care homePERSONAL CARE SENIOR LIVING, personal care homeAnchor, public schoolColumbia Heights Transition Program, public schoolLittle Voyageurs Montessori School, private schoolColumbia Academy Anchor Program, public schoolColumbia Heights Fire DepartmentColumbia HeightsColumbia AcademyValley View Elem.Highland Elem.Prodeo ColumbiaBultum AcademyProdeo ColumbiaImmaculateCrest View LutheranAnchorLittle VoyageursColumbia AcademySTATION1 miN
  • Your first due
  • Stations
  • Life-risk sites
Your first due from your county's published response areas, as of Oct 2026.

Your first due by the numbers.

8,686pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026
18life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimatedCheck: list over 2 years old
129buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
6buildings in the 100-year flood zone, mapped zones onlyEstimatedFlood maps as of Oct 2026
At setuphydrants. Send your hydrant list or map in any form, or mark them in setup, and every card plans its water from them.
4square miles of first duePublished by your countyAs of Oct 2026

About 19,344 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

  • Homes7,917
  • Mobile homes254
  • Apartments and lodging209
  • Businesses159
  • Sheds, utility and other44
  • Industrial39
  • Schools30
  • Government and assembly21
  • Nursing homes and hospitals13
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less6,863
  • 300 to 5001,522
  • 550 to 1,000172
  • 1,050 to 2,00090
  • over 2,00039
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; 12% 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
Crest View Lutheran HomeNursing home106 bedsSep 2026
STORYPOINT COLUMBIA HEIGHTSPersonal care home85 licensed capacityOct 2026
RIVER OAKS COLUMBIA HEIGHTSPersonal care home68 licensed capacityOct 2026
PERSONAL CARE SENIOR LIVINGPersonal care home29 licensed capacityOct 2026
Columbia Heights Senior HighPublic school1,141 studentsJun 2025
Columbia AcademyPublic school719 studentsJun 2025
Valley View ElementaryPublic school568 studentsJun 2025
Highland ElementaryPublic school534 studentsJun 2025
Prodeo Columbia Heights MiddlePublic school291 studentsJun 2025
Bultum AcademyPublic school249 studentsJun 2025
Prodeo Columbia Heights ElementaryPublic school227 studentsJun 2025
Prodeo Columbia Heights PrimaryPublic school218 studentsJun 2025
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Early ChildhoodPublic school74 studentsJun 2025
AnchorPublic school11 studentsJun 2025
Columbia Heights Transition ProgramPublic school11 studentsJun 2025
Columbia Academy Anchor ProgramPublic school6 studentsJun 2025
Immaculate Conception SchoolPrivate school169 studentsJun 2024 Check
Little Voyageurs Montessori SchoolPrivate school7 studentsJun 2024 Check

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 Heights Fire DepartmentRecord dated Nov 2023