FirePreplans

Silex, Missouri. Lincoln County.

Northwest Fire Protection District

  • 2,331pre-plans, about one per building
  • 3life-risk sites
  • 38estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 90in the flood zone

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

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All volunteer department. 2 stations. 20 volunteer firefighters.

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SILEX HIGH, public schoolSILEX ELEM., public schoolSILEX RESIDENTIAL HOME, LLC, personal care homeNorthwest Fire Protection DistrictSilex HighSilex Elem.Silex ResidentialSTATION2 miNSILEX HIGH, public schoolSILEX ELEM., public schoolSILEX RESIDENTIAL HOME, LLC, personal care homeNorthwest Fire Protection DistrictSilex HighSilex Elem.Silex ResidentialSTATION5 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.

2,331pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025
3life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimated
38buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
90buildings 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.
85square miles of first dueEstimated

About 3,825 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

  • Homes1,703
  • Farm buildings364
  • Mobile homes142
  • Industrial38
  • Businesses34
  • Government and assembly14
  • Schools11
  • Sheds, utility and other11
  • Apartments and lodging8
  • Nursing homes and hospitals6
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less1,194
  • 300 to 500735
  • 550 to 1,000364
  • 1,050 to 2,00034
  • over 2,0004
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
SILEX RESIDENTIAL HOME, LLCPersonal care home60 licensed capacityOct 2026
SILEX HIGHPublic school247 studentsJun 2025
SILEX ELEM.Public school186 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.

  • Northwest Fire Protection DistrictRecord dated May 2017