FirePreplans

Gowanda, New York. Erie County.

Gowanda Volunteer Fire Department

  • 2,507pre-plans, about one per building
  • 6life-risk sites
  • 60estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 235in the flood zone

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

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All volunteer department. 2 stations. 63 volunteer firefighters.

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GOWANDA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, public schoolGOWANDA MIDDLE SCHOOL, public schoolGOWANDA HIGH SCHOOL, public schoolGowanda Rehabilitation And Nursing Center, nursing homeLittle Love Bugs, child care centerThe Community Action Organization of Western New York, Inc., child care centerGowanda Volunteer Fire Department Station 2 Hidi Hose Company 4Gowanda Fire DepartmentGowanda Elem.Gowanda MiddleGowanda HighGowandaLittle Love BugsCommunity ActionSTATION 2STATION2 miNGOWANDA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, public schoolGOWANDA MIDDLE SCHOOL, public schoolGOWANDA HIGH SCHOOL, public schoolGowanda Rehabilitation And Nursing Center, nursing homeLittle Love Bugs, child care centerThe Community Action Organization of Western New York, Inc., child care centerGowanda Volunteer Fire Department Station 2 Hidi Hose Company 4Gowanda Fire DepartmentGowanda Elem.Gowanda MiddleGowanda HighGowandaLittle Love BugsCommunity ActionSTATION 2STATION5 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.

2,507pre-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 caresEstimated
60buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
235buildings 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.
25square miles of first dueEstimated

About 6,833 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

  • Homes1,897
  • Apartments and lodging296
  • Businesses111
  • Mobile homes66
  • Industrial38
  • Sheds, utility and other34
  • Government and assembly31
  • Schools20
  • Farm buildings13
  • Nursing homes and hospitals1
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less1,259
  • 300 to 500977
  • 550 to 1,000211
  • 1,050 to 2,00032
  • over 2,00028
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
Gowanda Rehabilitation And Nursing CenterNursing home160 bedsSep 2026
GOWANDA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPublic school421 studentsJun 2025
GOWANDA MIDDLE SCHOOLPublic school334 studentsJun 2025
GOWANDA HIGH SCHOOLPublic school298 studentsJun 2025
Little Love BugsChild care center30 licensed capacityOct 2026
The Community Action Organization of Western New York, Inc.Child care center18 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.

  • Gowanda Volunteer Fire Department Station 2 Hidi Hose Company 4Record dated Aug 2017
  • Gowanda Fire DepartmentRecord dated Nov 2016