FirePreplans

Lake Waccamaw, North Carolina. Columbus County.

Lake Waccamaw Fire and Rescue Department

  • 1,686pre-plans, about one per building
  • 3life-risk sites
  • 28estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 567in the flood zone

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

See a sample pre-plan

All volunteer department. 2 stations.

East Columbus Junior-Senior High, public schoolPremier Living And Rehab Center, nursing homeThomas Academy, public schoolLake Waccamaw Fire Station 9Lake Waccamaw Fire Department and Rescue Squad Station 27East ColumbusPremier LivingThomas AcademySTATION 9STATION 272 miNEast Columbus Junior-Senior High, public schoolPremier Living And Rehab Center, nursing homeThomas Academy, public schoolLake Waccamaw Fire Station 9Lake Waccamaw Fire Department and Rescue Squad Station 27East ColumbusPremier LivingThomas AcademySTATION 9STATION 275 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.

1,686pre-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 caresEstimated
28buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
567buildings 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.
38square miles of first duePublished by your countyAs of Jul 2025

About 1,699 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

  • Homes1,125
  • Sheds, utility and other369
  • Businesses60
  • Mobile homes59
  • Schools26
  • Government and assembly20
  • Apartments and lodging19
  • Industrial5
  • Nursing homes and hospitals3
EstimatedBuilding records as of Jun 2025

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less867
  • 300 to 500554
  • 550 to 1,000237
  • 1,050 to 2,00018
  • over 2,00010
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
Premier Living And Rehab CenterNursing home127 bedsSep 2026
East Columbus Junior-Senior HighPublic school576 studentsJun 2025
Thomas AcademyPublic school62 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.

  • Lake Waccamaw Fire Station 9Record dated May 2020
  • Lake Waccamaw Fire Department and Rescue Squad Station 27Record dated May 2020