FirePreplans

Swannanoa, North Carolina. Buncombe County.

Swannanoa Volunteer Fire Department

  • 4,365pre-plans, about one per building
  • 6life-risk sites
  • 100estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 231in the flood zone

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

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Mostly volunteer department. 2 stations. 9 volunteer firefighters. 17 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.

4,365pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Jun 2025
6life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimatedCheck: list over 2 years old
100buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
231buildings 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.
34square miles of first duePublished by your countyAs of Jul 2025

About 7,553 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

  • Homes2,385
  • Mobile homes859
  • Apartments and lodging515
  • Businesses253
  • Sheds, utility and other147
  • Schools109
  • Government and assembly58
  • Industrial28
  • Nursing homes and hospitals6
  • Farm buildings5
EstimatedBuilding records as of Jun 2025

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less2,143
  • 300 to 5001,614
  • 550 to 1,000508
  • 1,050 to 2,00063
  • 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
Swannanoa Valley Health And RehabilitationNursing home106 bedsSep 2026
Williams ElementaryPublic school451 studentsJun 2025
ArtSpace Charter SchoolPublic school402 studentsJun 2025
Community High SchoolPublic school127 studentsJun 2025
Asheville Christian AcademyPrivate school757 studentsJun 2024 Check
The Learning Community SchoolPrivate school116 studentsJun 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.

  • Swannanoa Fire and Rescue DepartmentRecord dated Aug 2018
  • Swannanoa Fire and Rescue Bee Tree StationRecord dated Aug 2018