FirePreplans

North Carolina.

Watauga County.

We already mapped the first due of all 9 volunteer departments in Watauga County: an estimated 20,393 buildings.

9 volunteer and mostly volunteer departments. 12 stations.

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BeaverdamBlowing RockCove CreekDeep GapFoscoeMeat CampStewart SimmonsZionville5 miNBeaverdamBlowing RockCove CreekDeep GapFoscoeMeat CampZionville10 miN
  • Each department's first due
Estimated by road distance from each department's stations, or taken from the county's published response areas. Each department's officers set the real lines in setup.

The county by the numbers.

9volunteer and mostly volunteer departments, with 12 stations
20,393buildings mapped across their first duesEstimated
9life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimated
280buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
562buildings in the 100-year flood zoneEstimated
268square miles of first dueEstimated

Estimated from public records. A first due can cross the county line, so these count every building in these departments' first dues. Each department's page shows its own sources and dates.

Every department.

Each one has its own page with its map, its numbers and a board packet.

DepartmentStationsBuildingsLife-risk sitesOver 1,000 gpmBoard packet
Beaverdam Fire DepartmentSugar Grove11,60115Get the packet
Beech Mountain Volunteer Fire DepartmentBeech Mountain21,680034Get the packet
Blowing Rock Fire DepartmentBlowing Rock14,8922114Get the packet
Cove Creek Volunteer Fire Department, Inc.Vilas12,583116Get the packet
Deep Gap Volunteer Fire DepartmentDeep Gap12,443130Get the packet
Foscoe Fire DepartmentBanner Elk12,156145Get the packet
Meat Camp Volunteer Fire DepartmentBoone12,777211Get the packet
Stewart Simmons Volunteer Fire DepartmentDeep Gap3601018Get the packet
Zionville Volunteer Fire DepartmentZionville11,66017Get the packet

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