FirePreplans

Forest Lake, Minnesota. Washington County.

Forest Lake Fire Department

  • 11,312pre-plans, about one per building
  • 19life-risk sites
  • 414estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 114in the flood zone

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

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Mostly volunteer department. 2 stations. 1 career firefighters.

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  • 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.

11,312pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026
19life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimatedCheck: list over 2 years old
414buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
114buildings 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.
83square miles of first duePublished by your countyAs of Oct 2026

About 26,773 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

  • Homes9,794
  • Farm buildings408
  • Businesses342
  • Apartments and lodging247
  • Industrial134
  • Mobile homes133
  • Government and assembly97
  • Sheds, utility and other70
  • Nursing homes and hospitals45
  • Schools42
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less3,885
  • 300 to 5005,488
  • 550 to 1,0001,525
  • 1,050 to 2,000311
  • over 2,000103
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
Birchwood Health Care CenterNursing home100 bedsSep 2026
Forest Lake Area High SchoolPublic school1,805 studentsJun 2025
Forest Lake Area Middle SchoolPublic school916 studentsJun 2025
LILA Lower SchoolPublic school607 studentsJun 2025
LILA Upper SchoolPublic school579 studentsJun 2025
Columbus ElementaryPublic school441 studentsJun 2025
Forest View ElementaryPublic school345 studentsJun 2025
Forest Lake ElementaryPublic school309 studentsJun 2025
North Lakes Academy 7-12 CampusPublic school245 studentsJun 2025
North Lakes Academy ElementaryPublic school220 studentsJun 2025
Forest Lake Area Community SchoolPublic school113 studentsJun 2025
Early Childhood Special EducationPublic school103 studentsJun 2025
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StepPublic school47 studentsJun 2025
Community School Credit RecoveryPublic school34 studentsJun 2025
Forest Lake Therapeutic EducationPublic school4 studentsJun 2025
LILA Kinder CenterPublic schoolAt setupJun 2025
Online Learning ProgramPublic schoolAt setupJun 2025
Out-of-State Care and TreatmentPublic schoolAt setupJun 2025
St Peter Elementary SchoolPrivate school282 studentsJun 2024 Check

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.

  • Forest Lake Fire DepartmentRecord dated Nov 2023