FirePreplans

Siler City, North Carolina. Chatham County.

Silk Hope Volunteer Fire Department

  • 4,556pre-plans, about one per building
  • 2life-risk sites
  • 221estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 1in the flood zone

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

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All volunteer department. 2 stations.

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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.

4,556pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Jun 2025
2life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimatedCheck: list over 2 years old
221buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
1buildings in the 100-year flood zone, mapped zones onlyEstimatedFlood maps as of Oct 2026
38hydrants mapped, covering about 11% of your buildingsHydrant maps as of Oct 2026
99square miles of first duePublished by your countyAs of Jul 2025

About 7,764 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

  • Homes3,040
  • Mobile homes818
  • Sheds, utility and other561
  • Businesses57
  • Government and assembly40
  • Industrial13
  • Schools11
  • Farm buildings7
  • Apartments and lodging5
  • Nursing homes and hospitals4
EstimatedBuilding records as of Jun 2025

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less2,276
  • 300 to 5001,363
  • 550 to 1,000696
  • 1,050 to 2,000155
  • 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
Silk Hope SchoolPublic school281 studentsJun 2025
Haw River Christian AcademyPrivate school150 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.

  • Silk Hope Volunteer Fire DepartmentRecord dated Nov 2024