West Seneca, New York. Erie County.

Reserve Hose Fire Company # 1

6,894pre-plans, about one per building
4life-risk sites
36estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
16in the flood zone

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

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All volunteer department. 1 station. 125 volunteer firefighters.

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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.

6,894pre-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

36buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated

16buildings 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.

6square miles of first duePublished by your countyAs of Oct 2026

About 16,050 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

Homes6,422
Apartments and lodging322
Businesses89
Industrial33
Schools11
Government and assembly9
Sheds, utility and other8

EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026

Water need, in gpm

250 or less2,399
300 to 5004,127
550 to 1,000332
1,050 to 2,00027
over 2,0009

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; 7% 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.

Name	Type	Size	List as of
WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	Public school	680 students	Jun 2025
ALLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	Public school	509 students	Jun 2025
West Seneca Christian School	Private school	108 students	Jun 2024 Check
Trinity Lutheran School	Private school	77 students	Jun 2024 Check

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.

Reserve Hose Company West Seneca District 3 East and West StationRecord dated Jul 2017
Reserve Hose Company West Seneca District 3 Berg Road StationRecord dated Jul 2017

Take it to your board.

The board packet is a PDF built for Reserve Hose Fire Company # 1: your numbers, how it works in four steps, what your officers do, the cost and terms, and a motion your secretary can read into the minutes.

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What it costs

Year one

Pay in full: was $450, Free
Or 12 monthly payments: was $37.50 a monththe same total

*The first company in Erie County to sign up pays no setup fee. That spot is still open.

Each year after

$120 a year, one payment.

Half of one percent of $85,021, your average yearly spending on your last 3 IRS filings.

Year one is a setup fee that builds every card and includes the monthly checks and the note to the chief. Each year after, $120 a year keeps them going.

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