FirePreplans

Belmont, North Carolina. Gaston County.

City of Belmont Fire Department

  • 5,959pre-plans, about one per building
  • 4life-risk sites
  • 201estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 32in the flood zone

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

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Mostly volunteer department. 1 station. 21 volunteer firefighters. 9 career firefighters.

South Point High, public schoolBelmont Middle, public schoolBelmont Central Elementary, public schoolJ B Page Primary School, public schoolBelmont Fire Department Station 43South Point HighBelmont MiddleBelmont CentralJ B Page PrimarySTATION 432 miNSouth Point High, public schoolBelmont Middle, public schoolBelmont Central Elementary, public schoolJ B Page Primary School, public schoolBelmont Fire Department Station 43South Point HighBelmont MiddleBelmont CentralJ B Page PrimarySTATION 435 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.

5,959pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Jun 2025
4life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimated
201buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
32buildings 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.
12square miles of first duePublished by your countyAs of Jul 2025

About 11,666 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

  • Homes4,716
  • Mobile homes282
  • Businesses225
  • Apartments and lodging223
  • Sheds, utility and other187
  • Government and assembly172
  • Schools101
  • Industrial53
EstimatedBuilding records as of Jun 2025

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less2,403
  • 300 to 5002,337
  • 550 to 1,0001,018
  • 1,050 to 2,000121
  • over 2,00080
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; 11% of your buildings have a recorded height.

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
South Point HighPublic school989 studentsJun 2025
Belmont MiddlePublic school770 studentsJun 2025
Belmont Central ElementaryPublic school693 studentsJun 2025
J B Page Primary SchoolPublic school396 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.

  • Belmont Fire Department Station 43Record dated Feb 2021