FirePreplans

Alton, New Hampshire. Belknap County.

Alton Fire Department

  • 5,064pre-plans, about one per building
  • 2life-risk sites
  • 65estimated 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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Mostly volunteer department. 4 stations. 6 career 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.

5,064pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026
2life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimated
65buildings 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.
81square miles of first dueEstimated

About 4,477 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

  • Homes4,063
  • Apartments and lodging387
  • Businesses258
  • Mobile homes182
  • Farm buildings58
  • Sheds, utility and other51
  • Government and assembly50
  • Schools11
  • Industrial4
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less2,712
  • 300 to 5001,707
  • 550 to 1,000580
  • 1,050 to 2,00058
  • over 2,0007
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
Alton Central School (Elem)Public school407 studentsJun 2025
Prospect Mountain High SchoolPublic school402 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.

  • Alton Fire and Rescue DepartmentRecord dated Jan 2021
  • East Alton Fire and Rescue DepartmentRecord dated Dec 2020
  • Alton Bay Fire and Rescue DepartmentRecord dated Dec 2020
  • West Alton Fire and Rescue DepartmentRecord dated Aug 2016