FirePreplans

Hightstown, New Jersey. Mercer County.

Hightstown Engine Company #1

  • 3,466pre-plans, about one per building
  • 10life-risk sites
  • 159estimated 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. 45 volunteer firefighters.

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Hightstown High School, public schoolGrace N. Rogers Elementary School, public schoolPeddie School, private schoolWalter C. Black Elementary School, public schoolSummerhill Academy LLC DBA Lightbridge Academy, child care centerScicore Academy, private schoolScicore Academy, private schoolBetter Beginnings Child Development Center, child care centerMeadow Lakes, nursing homeThe Learning Tree, child care centerHightstown Engine Company Number 1Hightstown HighGrace N. RogersPeddie SchoolWalter C. BlackSummerhill AcademyBetter BeginningsMeadow LakesLearning TreeSTATION1 miNHightstown High School, public schoolGrace N. Rogers Elementary School, public schoolPeddie School, private schoolWalter C. Black Elementary School, public schoolSummerhill Academy LLC DBA Lightbridge Academy, child care centerScicore Academy, private schoolScicore Academy, private schoolBetter Beginnings Child Development Center, child care centerMeadow Lakes, nursing homeThe Learning Tree, child care centerHightstown Engine Company Number 1Hightstown HighGrace N. RogersPeddie SchoolWalter C. BlackSummerhill AcademyScicore AcademyScicore AcademyMeadow LakesSTATION2 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.

3,466pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025
10life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimatedCheck: list over 2 years old
159buildings 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.
8square miles of first dueEstimated

About 10,914 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

  • Homes2,921
  • Businesses160
  • Schools97
  • Apartments and lodging96
  • Sheds, utility and other70
  • Government and assembly67
  • Farm buildings28
  • Nursing homes and hospitals18
  • Industrial9
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less1,131
  • 300 to 5001,711
  • 550 to 1,000465
  • 1,050 to 2,000117
  • over 2,00042
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
Meadow LakesNursing home60 bedsSep 2026
Hightstown High SchoolPublic school1,616 studentsJun 2025
Grace N. Rogers Elementary SchoolPublic school591 studentsJun 2025
Walter C. Black Elementary SchoolPublic school510 studentsJun 2025
Peddie SchoolPrivate school516 studentsJun 2024 Check
Scicore AcademyPrivate school105 studentsJun 2024 Check
Scicore AcademyPrivate school105 studentsJun 2024 Check
Summerhill Academy LLC DBA Lightbridge AcademyChild care center177 licensed capacityOct 2026
Better Beginnings Child Development CenterChild care center99 licensed capacityOct 2026
The Learning TreeChild care center40 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.

  • Hightstown Engine Company Number 1Record dated Apr 2019