Watford City, North Dakota. Mckenzie County.

Watford City Volunteer Fire Department

5,041pre-plans, about one per building
9life-risk sites
189estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
At setupin the flood zone

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

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All volunteer department. 1 station. 25 volunteer firefighters.

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Your first due
Stations
Life-risk sites

Your first due from your county's published response areas, as of Dec 2025.

Your first due by the numbers.

5,041pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026

9life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimated

189buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated

At setupbuildings in the 100-year flood zone. We read the flood map for your area when you set up, and every card shows its zone.

At setuphydrants. Send your hydrant list or map in any form, or mark them in setup, and every card plans its water from them.

459square miles of first duePublished by your countyAs of Dec 2025

About 6,853 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

Homes3,005
Sheds, utility and other2,036

EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026

Water need, in gpm

250 or less2,501
300 to 5001,683
550 to 1,000668
1,050 to 2,000153
over 2,00036

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.

Name	Type	Size	List as of
Mckenzie County Healthcare Systems Long Term Care	Nursing home	42 beds	Sep 2026
McKenzie Health Hospital	Hospital	At setup	Jul 2025
HORIZONS	Personal care home	15 licensed capacity	Apr 2026
McKenzie County Healthcare Systems LTC	Personal care home	9 licensed capacity	Apr 2026
FOX HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	Public school	663 students	Jun 2025
WATFORD CITY HIGH SCHOOL	Public school	566 students	Jun 2025
BADLANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	Public school	538 students	Jun 2025
WATFORD CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL	Public school	509 students	Jun 2025
WOLVES CENTER ACADEMY	Public school	30 students	Jun 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.

Watford City Fire StationRecord dated Nov 2020

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The board packet is a PDF built for Watford City Volunteer Fire Department: your numbers, how it works in four steps, what your officers do, the cost and terms, and a motion your secretary can read into the minutes.

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What it costs

Year one

Pay in full: was $1,000, Free
Or 12 monthly payments: was $83.33 a monththe same total

*The first company in Mckenzie County to sign up pays no setup fee. That spot is still open.

Each year after

$120 a year, one payment.

Half of one percent of $198,991, your average yearly spending on your last 3 IRS filings.

Year one is a setup fee that builds every card and includes the monthly checks and the note to the chief. Each year after, $120 a year keeps them going.

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