FirePreplans

Closter, New Jersey. Bergen County.

Closter Fire Department

  • 2,762pre-plans, about one per building
  • 8life-risk sites
  • 83estimated 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. 36 volunteer firefighters.

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Hillside Elementary School, public schoolTenakill Middle School, public schoolPalisades Country Day School, child care centerThe Lindgren Nursery School, Inc., child care centerEverbrook Academy, child care centerActon Academy Of Bergen County, private schoolEvergreen Kids Academy, child care centerJack in the Box Schools, child care centerCloster Borough Fire DepartmentHillside Elem.Tenakill MiddlePalisades CountryLindgren NurseryEverbrook AcademyActon AcademyEvergreen KidsJackSTATION0.5 miNHillside Elementary School, public schoolTenakill Middle School, public schoolPalisades Country Day School, child care centerThe Lindgren Nursery School, Inc., child care centerEverbrook Academy, child care centerActon Academy Of Bergen County, private schoolEvergreen Kids Academy, child care centerJack in the Box Schools, child care centerCloster Borough Fire DepartmentHillside Elem.Tenakill MiddlePalisades CountryEverbrook AcademyEvergreen KidsJackSTATION1 miN
  • 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.

2,762pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025
8life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimatedCheck: list over 2 years old
83buildings 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.
4square miles of first dueEstimated

About 7,639 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

  • Homes2,536
  • Businesses110
  • Government and assembly31
  • Sheds, utility and other24
  • Schools22
  • Industrial16
  • Apartments and lodging15
  • Farm buildings8
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less809
  • 300 to 5001,371
  • 550 to 1,000499
  • 1,050 to 2,00058
  • over 2,00025
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
Hillside Elementary SchoolPublic school599 studentsJun 2025
Tenakill Middle SchoolPublic school593 studentsJun 2025
Acton Academy Of Bergen CountyPrivate school73 studentsJun 2024 Check
Palisades Country Day SchoolChild care center227 licensed capacityOct 2026
The Lindgren Nursery School, Inc.Child care center155 licensed capacityOct 2026
Everbrook AcademyChild care center153 licensed capacityOct 2026
Evergreen Kids AcademyChild care center58 licensed capacityOct 2026
Jack in the Box SchoolsChild care center49 licensed capacityOct 2026

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.

  • Closter Borough Fire DepartmentRecord dated Jan 2022