FirePreplans

Gastonia, North Carolina. Gaston County.

Crowders Mountain Volunteer Fire/Rescue

  • 6,542pre-plans, about one per building
  • 2life-risk sites
  • 65estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 36in the flood zone

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

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Mostly volunteer department. 3 stations. 19 volunteer firefighters. 7 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.

6,542pre-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 caresEstimated
65buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
36buildings 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.
37square miles of first duePublished by your countyAs of Jul 2025

About 12,105 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

  • Homes4,285
  • Mobile homes1,364
  • Sheds, utility and other246
  • Apartments and lodging229
  • Industrial163
  • Businesses144
  • Government and assembly93
  • Schools13
  • Farm buildings5
EstimatedBuilding records as of Jun 2025

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less3,699
  • 300 to 5002,382
  • 550 to 1,000396
  • 1,050 to 2,00035
  • over 2,00030
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
H H Beam ElementaryPublic school591 studentsJun 2025
Chapel Grove ElementaryPublic school382 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.

  • Crowders Mountain Volunteer Fire and Rescue Station 2Record dated Feb 2021
  • Crowders Mountain Volunteer Fire and Rescue Station 1Record dated Feb 2021