FirePreplans

Charlotte, North Carolina. Mecklenburg County.

Steele Creek Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Services

  • 7,237pre-plans, about one per building
  • 4life-risk sites
  • 289estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 222in the flood zone

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

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All volunteer department. 2 stations. 41 volunteer firefighters.

Palisades High School, public schoolPalisades Park Elementary, public schoolSouthwest Charlotte STEM Academy, public schoolPalisades Episcopal School, private schoolSteele Creek Volunteer Fire Department Station 1Steele Creek Volunteer Fire Department Station 3Palisades HighPalisades Park Elem.Southwest CharlottePalisades EpiscopalSTATION 1STATION 32 miNPalisades High School, public schoolPalisades Park Elementary, public schoolSouthwest Charlotte STEM Academy, public schoolPalisades Episcopal School, private schoolSteele Creek Volunteer Fire Department Station 1Steele Creek Volunteer Fire Department Station 3Palisades HighPalisades Park Elem.Southwest CharlottePalisades EpiscopalSTATION 1STATION 35 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.

7,237pre-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 caresEstimatedCheck: list over 2 years old
289buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
222buildings in the 100-year flood zone, mapped zones onlyEstimatedFlood maps as of Oct 2026
575hydrants mappedHydrant maps as of Oct 2026
25square miles of first duePublished by your countyAs of Jul 2025

About 16,678 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

  • Homes6,427
  • Sheds, utility and other494
  • Businesses89
  • Apartments and lodging63
  • Industrial61
  • Mobile homes47
  • Government and assembly42
  • Schools13
  • Farm buildings1
EstimatedBuilding records as of Jun 2025

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less1,761
  • 300 to 5003,041
  • 550 to 1,0002,146
  • 1,050 to 2,000201
  • over 2,00088
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; 15% 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
Palisades High SchoolPublic school2,332 studentsJun 2025
Palisades Park ElementaryPublic school940 studentsJun 2025
Southwest Charlotte STEM AcademyPublic school884 studentsJun 2025
Palisades Episcopal SchoolPrivate school265 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.

  • Steele Creek Volunteer Fire Department Station 1Record dated Mar 2025
  • Steele Creek Volunteer Fire Department Station 3Record dated Mar 2025