FirePreplans

Fosston, Minnesota. Polk County.

Fosston Fire Department

  • 4,180pre-plans, about one per building
  • 7life-risk sites
  • 98estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 0in the flood zone

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

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All volunteer department. 1 station. 24 volunteer firefighters.

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MAGELSSEN ELEMENTARY, public schoolFOSSTON SECONDARY, public schoolCORNERSTONE RESIDENCE OF FOSST, personal care homeFirst Care Living Center, nursing homeBETHANY ASSISTED LIVING, personal care homePRAIRIE PINES COMMUNITY, personal care homeEssentia Health Fosston Clinic and Hospital, hospitalFosston Area Fire DepartmentMagelssen Elem.Fosston SecondaryCornerstoneFirst Care LivingBethany AssistedSTATION5 miNMAGELSSEN ELEMENTARY, public schoolFOSSTON SECONDARY, public schoolCORNERSTONE RESIDENCE OF FOSST, personal care homeFirst Care Living Center, nursing homeBETHANY ASSISTED LIVING, personal care homePRAIRIE PINES COMMUNITY, personal care homeEssentia Health Fosston Clinic and Hospital, hospitalFosston Area Fire DepartmentMagelssen Elem.Fosston SecondaryCornerstoneFirst Care LivingBethany AssistedSTATION10 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.

4,180pre-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
98buildings 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.
260square miles of first duePublished by your countyAs of Oct 2026

About 6,967 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

  • Homes3,185
  • Farm buildings344
  • Mobile homes242
  • Apartments and lodging148
  • Businesses111
  • Sheds, utility and other61
  • Industrial52
  • Government and assembly21
  • Nursing homes and hospitals10
  • Schools6
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less2,451
  • 300 to 5001,199
  • 550 to 1,000432
  • 1,050 to 2,00070
  • over 2,00028
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
First Care Living CenterNursing home36 bedsSep 2026
Essentia Health Fosston Clinic and HospitalHospitalAt setupAug 2023
CORNERSTONE RESIDENCE OF FOSSTPersonal care home41 licensed capacityOct 2026
BETHANY ASSISTED LIVINGPersonal care home28 licensed capacityOct 2026
PRAIRIE PINES COMMUNITYPersonal care home25 licensed capacityOct 2026
MAGELSSEN ELEMENTARYPublic school340 studentsJun 2025
FOSSTON SECONDARYPublic school256 studentsJun 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.

  • Fosston Area Fire DepartmentRecord dated Aug 2023