FirePreplans

Knightdale, North Carolina. Wake County.

Knightdale Public Safety Fire Division

  • 10,464pre-plans, about one per building
  • 7life-risk sites
  • 269estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 23in the flood zone

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

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Mostly volunteer department. 1 station. 25 volunteer firefighters. 7 career firefighters.

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Knightdale High, public schoolNeuse River Middle, public schoolDoral Academy of North Carolina, public schoolForestville Road Elementary, public schoolHodge Road Elementary, public schoolThales Academy, private schoolLockhart Elementary, public schoolKnightdale Fire Department Station 2Knightdale Fire Department Station 3Knightdale Fire Department Station 1Knightdale Fire Department Station 4Knightdale HighNeuse River MiddleDoral AcademyForestville RoadHodge Road Elem.Thales AcademyLockhart Elem.STATION 2STATION 3STATION 1STATION 42 miNKnightdale High, public schoolNeuse River Middle, public schoolDoral Academy of North Carolina, public schoolForestville Road Elementary, public schoolHodge Road Elementary, public schoolThales Academy, private schoolLockhart Elementary, public schoolKnightdale Fire Department Station 2Knightdale Fire Department Station 3Knightdale Fire Department Station 1Knightdale Fire Department Station 4Knightdale HighNeuse River MiddleDoral AcademyThales AcademySTATION 2STATION 3STATION 1STATION 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.

10,464pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Jun 2025
7life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimatedCheck: list over 2 years old
269buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
23buildings 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.
41square miles of first duePublished by your countyAs of Jul 2025

About 24,761 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

  • Homes8,324
  • Mobile homes875
  • Sheds, utility and other362
  • Businesses300
  • Apartments and lodging275
  • Farm buildings150
  • Schools77
  • Industrial60
  • Government and assembly37
  • Nursing homes and hospitals4
EstimatedBuilding records as of Jun 2025

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less4,134
  • 300 to 5004,680
  • 550 to 1,0001,381
  • 1,050 to 2,000150
  • over 2,000119
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
Knightdale HighPublic school1,695 studentsJun 2025
Neuse River MiddlePublic school877 studentsJun 2025
Doral Academy of North CarolinaPublic school592 studentsJun 2025
Forestville Road ElementaryPublic school570 studentsJun 2025
Hodge Road ElementaryPublic school522 studentsJun 2025
Lockhart ElementaryPublic school463 studentsJun 2025
Thales AcademyPrivate school466 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.

  • Knightdale Fire Department Station 2Record dated Nov 2015
  • Knightdale Fire Department Station 3Record dated Apr 2025
  • Knightdale Fire Department Station 1Record dated Nov 2015
  • Knightdale Fire Department Station 4Record dated Apr 2025