FirePreplans

Vadnais Heights, Minnesota. Ramsey County.

Vadnais Heights Fire Department

  • 4,365pre-plans, about one per building
  • 6life-risk sites
  • 224estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 4in the flood zone

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

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Mostly volunteer department. 2 stations. 5 career firefighters.

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Vadnais Heights Elementary, public schoolAFSA High School, public schoolGentry Academy Middle, public schoolGABLE PINES SENIOR LIVING, personal care homeGentry Academy High, public schoolSUITE LIVING SENIOR CARE OF VA, personal care homeVadnais Heights Fire Department - NorthVadnais Heights Fire Department - SouthVadnais HeightsAFSA HighGentry AcademyGable Pines SeniorGentry Academy HighSuite Living SeniorSTATIONSTATION0.5 miNVadnais Heights Elementary, public schoolAFSA High School, public schoolGentry Academy Middle, public schoolGABLE PINES SENIOR LIVING, personal care homeGentry Academy High, public schoolSUITE LIVING SENIOR CARE OF VA, personal care homeVadnais Heights Fire Department - NorthVadnais Heights Fire Department - SouthVadnais HeightsAFSA HighGentry AcademyGable Pines SeniorGentry Academy HighSuite Living SeniorSTATIONSTATION1 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.

4,365pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026
6life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimated
224buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
4buildings in the 100-year flood zone, mapped zones onlyEstimatedFlood maps as of Oct 2026
846hydrants mappedHydrant maps as of Jan 2026
8square miles of first duePublished by your countyAs of Oct 2026

About 11,141 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

  • Homes3,566
  • Apartments and lodging304
  • Mobile homes238
  • Businesses124
  • Industrial81
  • Government and assembly23
  • Sheds, utility and other15
  • Schools9
  • Nursing homes and hospitals5
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less1,392
  • 300 to 5002,120
  • 550 to 1,000629
  • 1,050 to 2,000135
  • over 2,00089
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; 7% 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
GABLE PINES SENIOR LIVINGPersonal care home160 licensed capacityOct 2026
SUITE LIVING SENIOR CARE OF VAPersonal care home32 licensed capacityOct 2026
Vadnais Heights ElementaryPublic school405 studentsJun 2025
AFSA High SchoolPublic school246 studentsJun 2025
Gentry Academy MiddlePublic school195 studentsJun 2025
Gentry Academy HighPublic school134 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.

  • Vadnais Heights Fire Department - NorthRecord dated Oct 2023
  • Vadnais Heights Fire Department - SouthRecord dated Oct 2023