FirePreplans

Benson, Minnesota. Swift County.

Benson Fire Department

  • 3,402pre-plans, about one per building
  • 6life-risk sites
  • 128estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 91in 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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NORTHSIDE ELEMENTARY, public schoolBENSON SECONDARY, public schoolSCANDI HAVEN OF CURA, personal care homeHeartland Girls Ranch, public schoolBENSON AREA LEARNING CENTER, public schoolCentraCare - Benson Hospital, hospitalBenson Fire DepartmentNorthside Elem.Benson SecondaryScandi HavenHeartland GirlsBenson Area LearningSTATION5 miNNORTHSIDE ELEMENTARY, public schoolBENSON SECONDARY, public schoolSCANDI HAVEN OF CURA, personal care homeHeartland Girls Ranch, public schoolBENSON AREA LEARNING CENTER, public schoolCentraCare - Benson Hospital, hospitalBenson Fire DepartmentNorthside Elem.Benson SecondaryScandi HavenHeartland GirlsSTATION10 miN
  • Your first due
  • Stations
  • Life-risk sites
Your first due, estimated by road distance from your stations. Your officers set the real lines in setup.

Your first due by the numbers.

3,402pre-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
128buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
91buildings 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.
135square miles of first dueEstimated

About 6,061 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

  • Homes2,687
  • Farm buildings299
  • Businesses184
  • Government and assembly132
  • Industrial46
  • Apartments and lodging19
  • Sheds, utility and other16
  • Nursing homes and hospitals13
  • Schools6
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less1,990
  • 300 to 500874
  • 550 to 1,000410
  • 1,050 to 2,00083
  • over 2,00045
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
CentraCare - Benson HospitalHospitalAt setupDec 2023
SCANDI HAVEN OF CURAPersonal care home84 licensed capacityOct 2026
NORTHSIDE ELEMENTARYPublic school391 studentsJun 2025
BENSON SECONDARYPublic school334 studentsJun 2025
Heartland Girls RanchPublic school22 studentsJun 2025
BENSON AREA LEARNING CENTERPublic school13 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.

  • Benson Fire DepartmentRecord dated Dec 2023