FirePreplans

Ely, Minnesota. Saint Louis County.

Ely Fire Department

  • 2,867pre-plans, about one per building
  • 7life-risk sites
  • 43estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 8in the flood zone

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

See a sample pre-plan

Mostly volunteer department. 1 station. 1 career firefighters.

WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY, public schoolMEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL, public schoolMemorial Middle School, public schoolELY CAREFREE LIVING BY OXFORD, personal care homeBoundary Waters Care Center, nursing homeEly ISD 696 Credit Recovery, public schoolEly - Bloomenson Community Hospital, hospitalEly Fire DepartmentWashington Elem.Memorial HighMemorial MiddleSTATION5 miNWASHINGTON ELEMENTARY, public schoolMEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL, public schoolMemorial Middle School, public schoolELY CAREFREE LIVING BY OXFORD, personal care homeBoundary Waters Care Center, nursing homeEly ISD 696 Credit Recovery, public schoolEly - Bloomenson Community Hospital, hospitalEly Fire DepartmentWashington Elem.Memorial HighSTATION5 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.

2,867pre-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
43buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
8buildings 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.
88square miles of first duePublished by your countyAs of Oct 2026

About 3,950 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

  • Homes2,335
  • Apartments and lodging188
  • Businesses181
  • Government and assembly108
  • Mobile homes18
  • Schools18
  • Nursing homes and hospitals10
  • Industrial6
  • Sheds, utility and other2
  • Farm buildings1
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less2,094
  • 300 to 500608
  • 550 to 1,000122
  • 1,050 to 2,00029
  • over 2,00014
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
Boundary Waters Care CenterNursing home38 bedsSep 2026
Ely - Bloomenson Community HospitalHospitalAt setupJan 2018
ELY CAREFREE LIVING BY OXFORDPersonal care home48 licensed capacityOct 2026
WASHINGTON ELEMENTARYPublic school201 studentsJun 2025
MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOLPublic school181 studentsJun 2025
Memorial Middle SchoolPublic school146 studentsJun 2025
Ely ISD 696 Credit RecoveryPublic school1 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.

  • Ely Fire DepartmentRecord dated Aug 2021