FirePreplans

Mendota Heights, Minnesota. Dakota County.

Mendota Heights Fire Department

  • 4,743pre-plans, about one per building
  • 9life-risk sites
  • 307estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 2in the flood zone

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

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All volunteer department. 1 station.

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  • 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.

4,743pre-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 caresEstimatedCheck: list over 2 years old
307buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
2buildings 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.
12square miles of first duePublished by your countyAs of Oct 2026

About 12,505 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

  • Homes4,370
  • Businesses141
  • Industrial69
  • Apartments and lodging63
  • Government and assembly49
  • Schools28
  • Sheds, utility and other15
  • Nursing homes and hospitals8
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less1,133
  • 300 to 5002,304
  • 550 to 1,000999
  • 1,050 to 2,000194
  • over 2,000113
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; 5% 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
Two Rivers High SchoolPublic school1,710 studentsJun 2025
FRIENDLY HILLS MIDDLEPublic school785 studentsJun 2025
SOMERSET ELEMENTARYPublic school412 studentsJun 2025
MENDOTA ELEMENTARYPublic school358 studentsJun 2025
Aspen House Education ProgramPublic school6 studentsJun 2025
Special EducationPublic school3 studentsJun 2025
W ST. PAUL AREA LEARNING CNTR.Public schoolAt setupJun 2025
Convent And Academy Of The VisitationPrivate school513 studentsJun 2024 Check
Brightmont AcademyPrivate school23 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.

  • Mendota Heights Fire DepartmentRecord dated Oct 2023