Black Mountain, North Carolina. Buncombe County.

Black Mountain Fire Department

7,426pre-plans, about one per building
10life-risk sites
143estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
210in the flood zone

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

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Mostly volunteer department. 3 stations. 40 volunteer firefighters. 23 career firefighters.

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Your first due
Stations
Life-risk sites

Your first due from your county's published response areas, as of Jul 2025.

Your first due by the numbers.

7,426pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Jun 2025

10life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimatedCheck: list over 2 years old

143buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated

210buildings 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.

55square miles of first duePublished by your countyAs of Jul 2025

About 14,496 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

Homes4,704
Mobile homes1,007
Apartments and lodging635
Government and assembly302
Businesses291
Sheds, utility and other221
Nursing homes and hospitals112
Schools104
Industrial32
Farm buildings18

EstimatedBuilding records as of Jun 2025

Water need, in gpm

250 or less3,684
300 to 5002,811
550 to 1,000788
1,050 to 2,00097
over 2,00046

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.

Name	Type	Size	List as of
Black Mountain Neuro-Medical Treatment Center	Nursing home	163 beds	Sep 2026
Nc State Veterans Home - Black Mountain	Nursing home	100 beds	Sep 2026
Mountain Ridge Rehabilitation And Healthcare Cente	Nursing home	97 beds	Sep 2026
Highland Farms	Nursing home	60 beds	Sep 2026
Owen High	Public school	649 students	Jun 2025
Owen Middle	Public school	457 students	Jun 2025
Black Mountain Primary	Public school	351 students	Jun 2025
Black Mountain Elementary	Public school	163 students	Jun 2025
Black Mountain Academy	Private school	20 students	Jun 2024 Check
Black Mountain Montessori	Private school	16 students	Jun 2024 Check

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.

Black Mountain Fire Department Station FourRecord dated Aug 2018
Black Mountain Fire Department Station 4 - 3Record dated Aug 2018
Black Mountain Fire Department Station 4 - 2Record dated Aug 2018

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The board packet is a PDF built for Black Mountain Fire Department: your numbers, how it works in four steps, what your officers do, the cost and terms, and a motion your secretary can read into the minutes.

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What it costs

Year one

Pay in full: was $1,550, Free
Or 12 monthly payments: was $129.17 a monththe same total

*The first company in Buncombe County to sign up pays no setup fee. That spot is still open.

Each year after

$120 a year, one payment.

Half of one percent of the typical yearly spending for a first due your size. We found no IRS filing for your company.

Year one is a setup fee that builds every card and includes the monthly checks and the note to the chief. Each year after, $120 a year keeps them going.

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