FirePreplans

Kalispell, Montana. Flathead County.

Creston Fire Department

  • 6,366pre-plans, about one per building
  • 5life-risk sites
  • 152estimated 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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All volunteer department. 4 stations. 30 volunteer firefighters.

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  • Your first due
  • Stations
  • Life-risk sites
Your first due from your county's published response areas, as of Oct 2026.

Your first due by the numbers.

6,366pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026
5life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimated
152buildings 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.
100square miles of first duePublished by your countyAs of Oct 2026

About 12,977 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

  • Homes5,393
  • Mobile homes506
  • Farm buildings231
  • Businesses157
  • Sheds, utility and other41
  • Apartments and lodging16
  • Government and assembly16
  • Schools6
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less2,902
  • 300 to 5001,975
  • 550 to 1,0001,337
  • 1,050 to 2,000135
  • over 2,00017
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
Cayuse Prairie SchoolPublic school254 studentsJun 2025
Fair-Mont-Egan SchoolPublic school115 studentsJun 2025
Creston SchoolPublic school83 studentsJun 2025
Cayuse Prairie 7-8Public school57 studentsJun 2025
Fair-Mont-Egan Middle SchoolPublic school41 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.

  • Creston Fire Department Lake Blaine StationRecord dated Sep 2019
  • Creston Fire Department - Fairmont StationRecord dated Sep 2019
  • Creston Fire Department Mountain Brook StationRecord dated Apr 2023
  • Creston Fire DepartmentRecord dated Sep 2019