FirePreplans

Big Timber, Montana. Sweet Grass County.

Big Timber Volunteer Fire Department

  • 5,392pre-plans, about one per building
  • 7life-risk sites
  • 181estimated 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. 40 volunteer firefighters.

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Big Timber School, public schoolSweet Grass Co High Schl, public schoolBig Timber 7-8, public schoolMelville School, public schoolMcLeod School, public schoolGreycliff School, public schoolPioneer Medical Center, hospitalBig Timber Volunteer Fire DepartmentBig Timber SchoolSweet Grass Co HighBig Timber 7-8Melville SchoolMcLeod SchoolGreycliff SchoolPioneer MedicalSTATION20 miNBig Timber School, public schoolSweet Grass Co High Schl, public schoolBig Timber 7-8, public schoolMelville School, public schoolMcLeod School, public schoolGreycliff School, public schoolPioneer Medical Center, hospitalBig Timber Volunteer Fire DepartmentBig Timber SchoolSweet Grass Co HighBig Timber 7-8Melville SchoolMcLeod SchoolGreycliff SchoolPioneer MedicalSTATION50 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.

5,392pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026
7life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimated
181buildings 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.
1,483square miles of first dueEstimated

About 8,965 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

  • Homes3,883
  • Businesses409
  • Mobile homes399
  • Farm buildings311
  • Sheds, utility and other305
  • Apartments and lodging42
  • Government and assembly23
  • Schools12
  • Industrial7
  • Nursing homes and hospitals1
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less2,884
  • 300 to 5001,506
  • 550 to 1,000821
  • 1,050 to 2,000144
  • over 2,00037
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
Pioneer Medical CenterHospitalAt setupApr 2023
Big Timber SchoolPublic school222 studentsJun 2025
Sweet Grass Co High SchlPublic school161 studentsJun 2025
Big Timber 7-8Public school69 studentsJun 2025
Melville SchoolPublic school20 studentsJun 2025
McLeod SchoolPublic school8 studentsJun 2025
Greycliff SchoolPublic school4 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.

  • Big Timber Volunteer Fire DepartmentRecord dated Sep 2019