Buffalo, Missouri. Dallas County.

Buffalo City Fire & Rescue

3,324pre-plans, about one per building
9life-risk sites
93estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
13in the flood zone

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

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Mostly volunteer department. 1 station. 3 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.

3,324pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025

9life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimated

93buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated

13buildings 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.

47square miles of first dueEstimated

About 6,126 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

Homes2,576
Mobile homes267
Businesses204
Sheds, utility and other81
Farm buildings73
Apartments and lodging70
Schools24
Industrial18
Government and assembly6
Nursing homes and hospitals5

EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025

Water need, in gpm

250 or less1,720
300 to 5001,123
550 to 1,000388
1,050 to 2,00059
over 2,00034

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
Colonial Springs Healthcare Center	Nursing home	134 beds	Sep 2026
Buffalo Prairie Center For Rehab And Healthcare	Nursing home	60 beds	Sep 2026
BRISTOL MANOR OF BUFFALO	Personal care home	12 licensed capacity	Oct 2026
MALLORY ELEM.	Public school	599 students	Jun 2025
BUFFALO HIGH	Public school	511 students	Jun 2025
BUFFALO MIDDLE	Public school	466 students	Jun 2025
DALLAS COUNTY TECHNICAL CENTER	Public school	At setup	Jun 2025
LEGACY EARLY LEARNING ACADEMY, LLC	Child care center	95 licensed capacity	Oct 2026
OZARKS AREA COMMUNITY ACTION CORPORATION	Child care center	48 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.

Buffalo City Fire and RescueRecord dated Oct 2020

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The board packet is a PDF built for Buffalo City Fire & Rescue: 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 $1,550, Free
Or 12 monthly payments: was $129.17 a monththe same total

*The first company in Dallas 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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