FirePreplans

North Wilkesboro, North Carolina. Wilkes County.

North Wilkesboro Fire Department

  • 1,902pre-plans, about one per building
  • 5life-risk sites
  • 156estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 106in 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. 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.

1,902pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Jun 2025
5life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimated
156buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
106buildings 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 3,656 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

  • Homes937
  • Businesses393
  • Sheds, utility and other196
  • Apartments and lodging151
  • Government and assembly88
  • Industrial63
  • Mobile homes29
  • Schools21
  • Nursing homes and hospitals13
  • Farm buildings11
EstimatedBuilding records as of Jun 2025

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less718
  • 300 to 500655
  • 550 to 1,000373
  • 1,050 to 2,00087
  • over 2,00069
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
Wilkesboro Health And RehabilitationNursing home111 bedsSep 2026
Wilkes Regional Medical Ctr SnNursing home10 bedsSep 2026
Wilkes Medical CenterHospitalAt setupApr 2023
North Wilkesboro Elementary SchoolPublic school329 studentsJun 2025
C C Wright Elementary SchoolPublic school316 studentsJun 2025

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.

  • North Wilkesboro Fire DepartmentRecord dated Feb 2021