FirePreplans

East Helena, Montana. Lewis And Clark County.

Tri-Lakes Volunteer Fire Department

  • 4,742pre-plans, about one per building
  • 0life-risk sites
  • 86estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • At setupin the flood zone

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

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Mostly volunteer department. 5 stations. 22 volunteer firefighters. 1 career firefighters.

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Your first due from your county's published response areas, as of Oct 2026.

Your first due by the numbers.

4,742pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026
0life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimated
86buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
At setupbuildings in the 100-year flood zone. We read the flood map for your area when you set up, and every card shows its zone.
At setuphydrants. Send your hydrant list or map in any form, or mark them in setup, and every card plans its water from them.
128square miles of first duePublished by your countyAs of Oct 2026

About 9,289 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

  • Homes3,896
  • Mobile homes576
  • Farm buildings143
  • Businesses50
  • Sheds, utility and other38
  • Apartments and lodging35
  • Government and assembly4
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less1,922
  • 300 to 5001,475
  • 550 to 1,0001,259
  • 1,050 to 2,00075
  • over 2,00011
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.

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.

  • Tri - Lakes Volunteer Fire Department Station 1Record dated Mar 2018
  • Tri - Lakes Volunteer Fire Department Station 3Record dated Mar 2018
  • Tri - Lakes Volunteer Fire Department Station 5Record dated Mar 2018
  • Tri - Lakes Volunteer Fire Department Station 4Record dated Mar 2018
  • Tri - Lakes Volunteer Fire Department Station 2Record dated Mar 2018