Grand Island, Nebraska. Hall County.

Grand Island Rural Fire Department

1,910pre-plans, about one per building
6life-risk sites
120estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
87in the flood zone

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

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All volunteer department. 2 stations. 35 volunteer firefighters.

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Your first due
Stations
Life-risk sites

Your first due, estimated by road distance from your stations. Your officers set the real lines in setup.

Your first due by the numbers.

1,910pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026

6life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimatedCheck: list over 2 years old

120buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated

87buildings 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.

20square miles of first dueEstimated

About 5,131 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

Homes1,515
Sheds, utility and other341
Businesses30
Mobile homes7
Industrial6
Farm buildings6
Apartments and lodging3
Schools2

EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026

Water need, in gpm

250 or less548
300 to 500565
550 to 1,000677
1,050 to 2,00077
over 2,00043

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
Emerald Nursing & Rehab Lakeview	Nursing home	95 beds	Sep 2026
Eventide Prairie Commons Care Center	Nursing home	36 beds	Sep 2026
Grand Island Regional Medical Center	Hospital	At setup	Aug 2024
TABITHA AT PRAIRIE COMMONS ASSISTED LIVING AND MEMORY CARE	Personal care home	60 licensed capacity	Oct 2026
EMERALD NURSING & REHAB LAKEVIEW	Personal care home	18 licensed capacity	Oct 2026
Heartland Lutheran High School	Private school	60 students	Jun 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.

Grand Island Rural Fire Department Station 1Record dated May 2025

Take it to your board.

The board packet is a PDF built for Grand Island Rural 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 $650, Free
Or 12 monthly payments: was $54.17 a monththe same total

*The first company in Hall 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 the typical yearly spending for a first due your size. We found no IRS filing for your company.

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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