FirePreplans

Carteret, New Jersey. Middlesex County.

Carteret Fire Department

  • 7,434pre-plans, about one per building
  • 12life-risk sites
  • 294estimated 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. 2 stations. 25 volunteer firefighters. 23 career firefighters.

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Carteret High School, public schoolColumbus Elementary School, public schoolCarteret Junior High School, public schoolCarteret Middle School, public schoolPrivate Nicholas Minue Elementary School, public schoolNathan Hale Elementary School, public schoolSt Joseph Elementary School, private schoolReigning In Life Learning Center, child care centerBright Star Day Care, Inc., child care centerGateway School, private schoolYeshiva Gedolah Of Carteret Inc., private schoolHeart Felt Childcare Center, LLC, child care centerCarteret Fire Department HeadquartersCarteret Fire DepartmentCarteret HighColumbus Elem.Carteret Junior HighCarteret MiddlePrivate NicholasNathan Hale Elem.St Joseph Elem.ReigningBright Star Day CareGateway SchoolYeshiva GedolahHeart Felt ChildcareSTATIONSTATION0.5 miNCarteret High School, public schoolColumbus Elementary School, public schoolCarteret Junior High School, public schoolCarteret Middle School, public schoolPrivate Nicholas Minue Elementary School, public schoolNathan Hale Elementary School, public schoolSt Joseph Elementary School, private schoolReigning In Life Learning Center, child care centerBright Star Day Care, Inc., child care centerGateway School, private schoolYeshiva Gedolah Of Carteret Inc., private schoolHeart Felt Childcare Center, LLC, child care centerCarteret Fire Department HeadquartersCarteret Fire DepartmentCarteret HighColumbus Elem.Carteret Junior HighCarteret MiddlePrivate NicholasSt Joseph Elem.ReigningBright Star Day CareHeart Felt ChildcareSTATIONSTATION1 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.

7,434pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025
12life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimatedCheck: list over 2 years old
294buildings 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.
5square miles of first dueEstimated

About 19,620 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

  • Homes5,994
  • Businesses398
  • Industrial349
  • Sheds, utility and other262
  • Government and assembly228
  • Apartments and lodging173
  • Schools30
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less6,432
  • 300 to 500596
  • 550 to 1,000112
  • 1,050 to 2,00069
  • over 2,000225
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; 85% of your buildings have a recorded height.

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
Carteret High SchoolPublic school1,188 studentsJun 2025
Columbus Elementary SchoolPublic school642 studentsJun 2025
Carteret Junior High SchoolPublic school568 studentsJun 2025
Carteret Middle SchoolPublic school540 studentsJun 2025
Private Nicholas Minue Elementary SchoolPublic school529 studentsJun 2025
Nathan Hale Elementary SchoolPublic school436 studentsJun 2025
St Joseph Elementary SchoolPrivate school83 studentsJun 2024 Check
Gateway SchoolPrivate school47 studentsJun 2024 Check
Yeshiva Gedolah Of Carteret Inc.Private school37 studentsJun 2024 Check
Reigning In Life Learning CenterChild care center75 licensed capacityOct 2026
Bright Star Day Care, Inc.Child care center55 licensed capacityOct 2026
Heart Felt Childcare Center, LLCChild care center30 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.

  • Carteret Fire Department HeadquartersRecord dated Jan 2020
  • Carteret Fire DepartmentRecord dated Dec 2019