FirePreplans

Elkin, North Carolina. Surry County.

Elkin Fire Department

  • 2,167pre-plans, about one per building
  • 6life-risk sites
  • 86estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 60in the flood zone

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

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Mostly volunteer department. 1 station. 3 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.

2,167pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Jun 2025
6life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimatedCheck: list over 2 years old
86buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
60buildings 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.
7square miles of first duePublished by your countyAs of Jul 2025

About 4,092 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

  • Homes1,477
  • Businesses292
  • Sheds, utility and other122
  • Mobile homes70
  • Apartments and lodging70
  • Industrial59
  • Government and assembly51
  • Schools18
  • Nursing homes and hospitals8
EstimatedBuilding records as of Jun 2025

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less927
  • 300 to 500902
  • 550 to 1,000252
  • 1,050 to 2,00049
  • over 2,00037
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
Pruitthealth-ElkinNursing home100 bedsSep 2026
Hugh Chatham Memorial HospitalHospitalAt setupDec 2021
Elkin ElementaryPublic school673 studentsJun 2025
Elkin HighPublic school401 studentsJun 2025
Elkin MiddlePublic school193 studentsJun 2025
Yadkin Valley Community SchoolPrivate school44 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.

  • Elkin Fire DepartmentRecord dated Dec 2021