Ava, Missouri. Douglas County.

Ava City Fire Department

4,646pre-plans, about one per building
7life-risk sites
74estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
0in the flood zone

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

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All volunteer department. 1 station. 8 volunteer 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.

4,646pre-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

74buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated

0buildings 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.

89square miles of first dueEstimated

About 8,693 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

Homes3,928
Businesses219
Mobile homes183
Farm buildings107
Sheds, utility and other95
Government and assembly40
Schools37
Apartments and lodging32
Nursing homes and hospitals3
Industrial2

EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025

Water need, in gpm

250 or less2,331
300 to 5001,667
550 to 1,000574
1,050 to 2,00059
over 2,00015

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
Heart Of The Ozarks Healthcare Center	Nursing home	120 beds	Sep 2026
AVA PLACE	Personal care home	40 licensed capacity	Oct 2026
AVA ELEM.	Public school	553 students	Jun 2025
AVA HIGH	Public school	391 students	Jun 2025
AVA MIDDLE	Public school	386 students	Jun 2025
OZARK ACTION, INC.	Child care center	36 licensed capacity	Oct 2026
KOALA BEAR DAYCARE & LEARNING CENTER LLC	Child care center	34 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.

Ava Fire DepartmentRecord dated Oct 2020
Ava Fire DepartmentRecord dated Oct 2020
Missouri Department of Conservation Forestry Ozark Regional Field Fire Facility Office AvaRecord dated Jun 2017

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The board packet is a PDF built for Ava City Fire Department: 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 Douglas 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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