FirePreplans

Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Orange County.

New Hope Volunteer Fire Department of Orange County, Inc.

  • 1,968pre-plans, about one per building
  • 2life-risk sites
  • 48estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 4in the flood zone

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

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Mostly volunteer department. 2 stations. 12 volunteer firefighters. 3 career firefighters.

Emerson Waldorf School, private schoolPruitthealth-Carolina Point, nursing homeNew Hope Fire Department Station 1New Hope Volunteer Fire Department Station 2Emerson WaldorfPruitthealth-CarolinaSTATION 1STATION 21 miNEmerson Waldorf School, private schoolPruitthealth-Carolina Point, nursing homeNew Hope Fire Department Station 1New Hope Volunteer Fire Department Station 2Emerson WaldorfPruitthealth-CarolinaSTATION 1STATION 22 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.

1,968pre-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
48buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
4buildings 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.
18square miles of first duePublished by your countyAs of Jul 2025

About 3,958 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

  • Homes1,677
  • Sheds, utility and other133
  • Mobile homes68
  • Businesses34
  • Farm buildings20
  • Apartments and lodging15
  • Schools9
  • Industrial8
  • Government and assembly2
  • Nursing homes and hospitals2
EstimatedBuilding records as of Jun 2025

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less878
  • 300 to 500670
  • 550 to 1,000372
  • 1,050 to 2,00035
  • over 2,00013
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; 4% 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
Pruitthealth-Carolina PointNursing home138 bedsSep 2026
Emerson Waldorf SchoolPrivate school266 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.

  • New Hope Fire Department Station 1Record dated Mar 2015
  • New Hope Volunteer Fire Department Station 2Record dated Apr 2020