Poplar Bluff, Missouri. Butler County.

Butler County Fire Protection District

8,048pre-plans, about one per building
7life-risk sites
188estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
1,064in the flood zone

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

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Mostly volunteer department. 14 stations. 100 volunteer firefighters. 8 career firefighters.

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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.

8,048pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025

7life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimated

188buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated

1,064buildings 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.

335square miles of first dueEstimated

About 14,186 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

Homes5,804
Mobile homes1,061
Businesses417
Farm buildings321
Sheds, utility and other135
Apartments and lodging117
Industrial112
Government and assembly52
Schools19
Nursing homes and hospitals10

EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025

Water need, in gpm

250 or less4,224
300 to 5002,571
550 to 1,0001,065
1,050 to 2,000161
over 2,00027

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.

Name	Type	Size	List as of
Westwood Hills Health & Rehabilitation Center	Nursing home	132 beds	Sep 2026
OWEN ACRES RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITY	Personal care home	20 licensed capacity	Oct 2026
NEELYVILLE HIGH	Public school	301 students	Jun 2025
NEELYVILLE ELEM.	Public school	188 students	Jun 2025
HILLVIEW ELEM.	Public school	144 students	Jun 2025
SOUTHERN CHARM LEARNING CENTER	Child care center	45 licensed capacity	Oct 2026
SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY	Child care center	19 licensed capacity	Oct 2026

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.

Butler County Fire Protection District Neelyville StationRecord dated Oct 2020
Butler County Fire Protection District Hillview StationRecord dated Oct 2020
Butler County Fire Protection District Stringtown StationRecord dated May 2016
Butler County Fire Protection District Pike Slough StationRecord dated Oct 2020
Butler County Fire Protection District West Butler StationRecord dated Dec 2021
Butler County Fire Protection District Main StationRecord dated Oct 2020

Take it to your board.

The board packet is a PDF built for Butler County Fire Protection District: your numbers, how it works in four steps, what your officers do, the cost and terms, and a motion your secretary can read into the minutes.

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What it costs

Year one

Pay in full: was $2,400, Free
Or 12 monthly payments: was $200 a monththe same total

*The first company in Butler County to sign up pays no setup fee. That spot is still open.

Each year after

$120 a year, one payment.

Half of one percent of the typical yearly spending for a first due your size. We found no IRS filing for your company.

Year one is a setup fee that builds every card and includes the monthly checks and the note to the chief. Each year after, $120 a year keeps them going.

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