FirePreplans

Fort Benton, Montana. Chouteau County.

Fort Benton Volunteer Fire Department

  • 2,228pre-plans, about one per building
  • 4life-risk sites
  • 48estimated 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. 1 station. 20 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.

2,228pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026
4life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimated
48buildings 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.
406square miles of first dueEstimated

About 2,962 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

  • Homes1,211
  • Schools366
  • Farm buildings230
  • Mobile homes162
  • Businesses114
  • Sheds, utility and other95
  • Apartments and lodging22
  • Government and assembly13
  • Industrial12
  • Nursing homes and hospitals3
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less1,395
  • 300 to 500537
  • 550 to 1,000248
  • 1,050 to 2,00034
  • over 2,00014
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
Missouri River Medical CenterHospitalAt setupApr 2023
Fort Benton SchoolPublic school162 studentsJun 2025
Fort Benton High SchoolPublic school112 studentsJun 2025
Fort Benton 7-8Public school44 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.

  • Fort Benton Volunteer Fire DepartmentRecord dated Sep 2019