FirePreplans

Pelican Rapids, Minnesota. Otter Tail County.

Pelican Rapids Volunteer Fire Department

  • 9,329pre-plans, about one per building
  • 7life-risk sites
  • 211estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 0in the flood zone

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

See a sample pre-plan

All volunteer department. 1 station. 24 volunteer firefighters.

Get the board packetSign up
VIKING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, public schoolPELICAN RAPIDS SECONDARY, public schoolPelican Valley Health Center, nursing homeRIVERFRONT ON MAIN, personal care homeRIVERFRONT MANOR, personal care homePELICAN RAPIDS ALT LEARNING CENTER, public schoolPELICAN RAPIDS ALT CENTER MID-LEVEL, public schoolPelican Rapids Volunteer Fire DepartmentViking Elem.Pelican RapidsPelican ValleyRiverfront on MainRiverfront ManorSTATION5 miNVIKING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, public schoolPELICAN RAPIDS SECONDARY, public schoolPelican Valley Health Center, nursing homeRIVERFRONT ON MAIN, personal care homeRIVERFRONT MANOR, personal care homePELICAN RAPIDS ALT LEARNING CENTER, public schoolPELICAN RAPIDS ALT CENTER MID-LEVEL, public schoolPelican Rapids Volunteer Fire DepartmentViking Elem.Pelican RapidsPelican ValleyRiverfront on MainRiverfront ManorSTATION5 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.

9,329pre-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
211buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
0buildings 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.
271square miles of first duePublished by your countyAs of Oct 2026

About 9,538 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

  • Homes7,527
  • Apartments and lodging1,136
  • Farm buildings249
  • Businesses199
  • Government and assembly93
  • Sheds, utility and other85
  • Industrial23
  • Schools9
  • Mobile homes5
  • Nursing homes and hospitals3
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less5,230
  • 300 to 5002,773
  • 550 to 1,0001,115
  • 1,050 to 2,000171
  • over 2,00040
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
Pelican Valley Health CenterNursing home28 bedsSep 2026
RIVERFRONT ON MAINPersonal care home28 licensed capacityOct 2026
RIVERFRONT MANORPersonal care home23 licensed capacityOct 2026
VIKING ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPublic school468 studentsJun 2025
PELICAN RAPIDS SECONDARYPublic school374 studentsJun 2025
PELICAN RAPIDS ALT LEARNING CENTERPublic schoolAt setupJun 2025
PELICAN RAPIDS ALT CENTER MID-LEVELPublic schoolAt setupJun 2025

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.

  • Pelican Rapids Volunteer Fire DepartmentRecord dated Dec 2023