FirePreplans

Bessemer City, North Carolina. Gaston County.

Agriculture Center Volunteer Fire Department

  • 5,225pre-plans, about one per building
  • 5life-risk sites
  • 73estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 6in the flood zone

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

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All volunteer department. 1 station. 47 volunteer firefighters.

North Gaston High, public schoolW C Friday Middle School, public schoolCostner Elementary, public schoolGaston Early College High School, public schoolGaston Early College of Medical Sciences, public schoolAgriculture Center Volunteer Fire DepartmentNorth Gaston HighW C Friday MiddleCostner Elem.Gaston Early CollegeGaston Early CollegeSTATION2 miNNorth Gaston High, public schoolW C Friday Middle School, public schoolCostner Elementary, public schoolGaston Early College High School, public schoolGaston Early College of Medical Sciences, public schoolAgriculture Center Volunteer Fire DepartmentNorth Gaston HighW C Friday MiddleCostner Elem.Gaston Early CollegeGaston Early CollegeSTATION2 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.

5,225pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Jun 2025
5life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimated
73buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
6buildings 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.
28square miles of first duePublished by your countyAs of Jul 2025

About 9,907 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

  • Homes3,053
  • Mobile homes1,149
  • Apartments and lodging305
  • Sheds, utility and other277
  • Businesses200
  • Government and assembly120
  • Industrial63
  • Schools58
EstimatedBuilding records as of Jun 2025

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less2,841
  • 300 to 5001,761
  • 550 to 1,000550
  • 1,050 to 2,00052
  • over 2,00021
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
North Gaston HighPublic school1,061 studentsJun 2025
W C Friday Middle SchoolPublic school618 studentsJun 2025
Costner ElementaryPublic school430 studentsJun 2025
Gaston Early College High SchoolPublic school235 studentsJun 2025
Gaston Early College of Medical SciencesPublic school174 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.

  • Agriculture Center Volunteer Fire DepartmentRecord dated Feb 2021