FirePreplans

Chatham, New York. Columbia County.

Chatham Fire Department

  • 1,759pre-plans, about one per building
  • 4life-risk sites
  • 39estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 0in the flood zone

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

See a sample pre-plan

All volunteer department. 2 stations. 40 volunteer 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.

1,759pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026
4life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimatedCheck: list over 2 years old
39buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
0buildings 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.
12square miles of first dueEstimated

About 3,649 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

  • Homes1,051
  • Mobile homes208
  • Apartments and lodging206
  • Businesses168
  • Industrial51
  • Government and assembly17
  • Schools16
  • Sheds, utility and other15
  • Nursing homes and hospitals14
  • Farm buildings13
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less1,036
  • 300 to 500555
  • 550 to 1,000129
  • 1,050 to 2,00024
  • over 2,00015
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
Camphill Ghent, Inc.Personal care home31 licensed capacityDec 2021 Check
MARY E DARDESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPublic school365 studentsJun 2025
CHATHAM HIGH SCHOOLPublic school316 studentsJun 2025
CHATHAM MIDDLE SCHOOLPublic school226 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.

  • Chatham Village Fire DepartmentRecord dated Aug 2016