FirePreplans

Raleigh, North Carolina. Wake County.

Northern Wake Fire Department

  • 12,441pre-plans, about one per building
  • 3life-risk sites
  • 307estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 8in the flood zone

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

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Mostly volunteer department. 5 stations. 37 career firefighters.

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Brassfield Elementary, public schoolPleasant Union Elementary, public schoolLittle Lambs Learning Center, private schoolNorthern Wake Fire Department Station 1Northern Wake Fire Department Station 3Northern Wake Fire Department Station 5Northern Wake Fire Department Station 2Northern Wake Fire Department Station 4Brassfield Elem.Pleasant Union Elem.Little LambsSTATION 1STATION 3STATION 5STATION 2STATION 45 miNBrassfield Elementary, public schoolPleasant Union Elementary, public schoolLittle Lambs Learning Center, private schoolNorthern Wake Fire Department Station 1Northern Wake Fire Department Station 3Northern Wake Fire Department Station 5Northern Wake Fire Department Station 2Northern Wake Fire Department Station 4Brassfield Elem.Little LambsSTATION 1STATION 3STATION 5STATION 2STATION 45 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.

12,441pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Jun 2025
3life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimatedCheck: list over 2 years old
307buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
8buildings 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.
70square miles of first duePublished by your countyAs of Jul 2025

About 26,143 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

  • Homes11,690
  • Mobile homes256
  • Businesses169
  • Sheds, utility and other135
  • Farm buildings89
  • Government and assembly68
  • Schools15
  • Apartments and lodging11
  • Industrial8
EstimatedBuilding records as of Jun 2025

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less3,157
  • 300 to 5004,613
  • 550 to 1,0004,364
  • 1,050 to 2,000288
  • over 2,00019
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; 19% 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
Brassfield ElementaryPublic school613 studentsJun 2025
Pleasant Union ElementaryPublic school530 studentsJun 2025
Little Lambs Learning CenterPrivate school20 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.

  • Northern Wake Fire Department Station 1Record dated Apr 2025
  • Northern Wake Fire Department Station 3Record dated Apr 2025
  • Northern Wake Fire Department Station 5Record dated Mar 2026
  • Northern Wake Fire Department Station 2Record dated Mar 2026
  • Northern Wake Fire Department Station 4Record dated Mar 2026