FirePreplans

Siler City, North Carolina. Chatham County.

Siler City Fire Department

  • 6,331pre-plans, about one per building
  • 9life-risk sites
  • 187estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 51in the flood zone

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

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Mostly volunteer department. 1 station. 7 career firefighters.

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Jordan-Matthews High, public schoolChatham Charter, public schoolSiler City Elementary, public schoolChatham Middle, public schoolVirginia Cross Elementary, public schoolSiler City Center, nursing homeChatham Early College, public schoolONE Academy, public schoolChatham Hospital, hospitalSiler City Fire Department Station 9Jordan-Matthews HighChatham CharterSiler City Elem.Chatham MiddleVirginia Cross Elem.Siler City CenterChatham HospitalSTATION 92 miNJordan-Matthews High, public schoolChatham Charter, public schoolSiler City Elementary, public schoolChatham Middle, public schoolVirginia Cross Elementary, public schoolSiler City Center, nursing homeChatham Early College, public schoolONE Academy, public schoolChatham Hospital, hospitalSiler City Fire Department Station 9Jordan-Matthews HighChatham CharterSiler City Elem.Chatham MiddleVirginia Cross Elem.Siler City CenterChatham EarlySTATION 95 miN
  • 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.

6,331pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Jun 2025
9life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimated
187buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
51buildings in the 100-year flood zone, mapped zones onlyEstimatedFlood maps as of Oct 2026
459hydrants mapped, covering about 76% of your buildingsHydrant maps as of Jan 2025
62square miles of first duePublished by your countyAs of Jul 2025

About 11,373 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

  • Homes3,942
  • Mobile homes1,201
  • Sheds, utility and other445
  • Businesses370
  • Apartments and lodging125
  • Industrial105
  • Government and assembly80
  • Schools50
  • Nursing homes and hospitals13
EstimatedBuilding records as of Jun 2025

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less3,443
  • 300 to 5002,067
  • 550 to 1,000634
  • 1,050 to 2,000121
  • over 2,00066
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
Siler City CenterNursing home150 bedsSep 2026
Chatham HospitalHospitalAt setupApr 2023
Jordan-Matthews HighPublic school848 studentsJun 2025
Chatham CharterPublic school591 studentsJun 2025
Siler City ElementaryPublic school591 studentsJun 2025
Chatham MiddlePublic school513 studentsJun 2025
Virginia Cross ElementaryPublic school494 studentsJun 2025
Chatham Early CollegePublic school113 studentsJun 2025
ONE AcademyPublic school35 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.

  • Siler City Fire Department Station 9Record dated Feb 2021