FirePreplans

Bowmansville, New York. Erie County.

Bowmansville Volunteer Fire Association

  • 4,596pre-plans, about one per building
  • 7life-risk sites
  • 183estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 184in the flood zone

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

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All volunteer department. 2 stations. 75 volunteer firefighters.

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LANCASTER HIGH SCHOOL, public schoolHILLVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, public schoolDoodle Bugs! Children's Centers, child care centerKinderCare Education LLC, child care centerThe Learning Garden, West, child care centerChesterton Academy Of Buffalo, private schoolBuffalo Suburban Christian Academy, private schoolBowmansville Volunteer Fire Company Station 1Bowmansville Volunteer Fire Company Station 2Lancaster HighHillview Elem.Doodle Bugs!KinderCare EducationLearning GardenChesterton AcademyBuffalo SuburbanSTATION 1STATION 21 miNLANCASTER HIGH SCHOOL, public schoolHILLVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, public schoolDoodle Bugs! Children's Centers, child care centerKinderCare Education LLC, child care centerThe Learning Garden, West, child care centerChesterton Academy Of Buffalo, private schoolBuffalo Suburban Christian Academy, private schoolBowmansville Volunteer Fire Company Station 1Bowmansville Volunteer Fire Company Station 2Lancaster HighDoodle Bugs!KinderCare EducationLearning GardenChesterton AcademyBuffalo SuburbanSTATION 1STATION 22 miN
  • Your first due
  • Stations
  • Life-risk sites
Your first due from your county's published response areas, as of Oct 2026.

Your first due by the numbers.

4,596pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026
7life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimatedCheck: list over 2 years old
183buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
184buildings 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.
11square miles of first duePublished by your countyAs of Oct 2026

About 10,672 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

  • Homes3,710
  • Apartments and lodging453
  • Businesses167
  • Industrial158
  • Government and assembly41
  • Sheds, utility and other31
  • Schools26
  • Farm buildings8
  • Nursing homes and hospitals2
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less1,223
  • 300 to 5002,737
  • 550 to 1,000453
  • 1,050 to 2,000138
  • over 2,00045
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; 5% 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
LANCASTER HIGH SCHOOLPublic school1,682 studentsJun 2025
HILLVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPublic school451 studentsJun 2025
Chesterton Academy Of BuffaloPrivate school29 studentsJun 2024 Check
Buffalo Suburban Christian AcademyPrivate school17 studentsJun 2024 Check
Doodle Bugs! Children's CentersChild care center164 licensed capacityOct 2026
KinderCare Education LLCChild care center133 licensed capacityOct 2026
The Learning Garden, WestChild care center129 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.

  • Bowmansville Volunteer Fire Company Station 1Record dated Jul 2017
  • Bowmansville Volunteer Fire Company Station 2Record dated Oct 2022