FirePreplans

Lake Placid, New York. Essex County.

Lake Placid Volunteer Fire Department

  • 3,961pre-plans, about one per building
  • 8life-risk sites
  • 124estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 0in the flood zone

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

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Mostly volunteer department. 1 station. 33 volunteer firefighters. 6 career firefighters.

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LAKE PLACID JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, public schoolLAKE PLACID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, public schoolElderwood Of Uihlein At Lake Placid, nursing homeNorth Country School, private schoolSt Agnes Parochial School, private schoolMountain Lake Academy, private schoolAdirondack Community Action Programs, Inc., child care centerSt. Agnes School, child care centerLake Placid Volunteer Fire DepartmentLake PlacidLake Placid Elem.ElderwoodNorth Country SchoolSt Agnes ParochialMountain LakeAdirondack CommunitySt. Agnes SchoolSTATION5 miNLAKE PLACID JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, public schoolLAKE PLACID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, public schoolElderwood Of Uihlein At Lake Placid, nursing homeNorth Country School, private schoolSt Agnes Parochial School, private schoolMountain Lake Academy, private schoolAdirondack Community Action Programs, Inc., child care centerSt. Agnes School, child care centerLake Placid Volunteer Fire DepartmentLake PlacidLake Placid Elem.ElderwoodNorth Country SchoolSt Agnes ParochialMountain LakeAdirondack CommunitySt. Agnes SchoolSTATION5 miN
  • Your first due
  • Stations
  • Life-risk sites
Your first due from your county's published response areas, as of Sep 2025.

Your first due by the numbers.

3,961pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026
8life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimatedCheck: list over 2 years old
124buildings 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.
137square miles of first duePublished by your countyAs of Sep 2025

About 5,560 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

  • Homes2,478
  • Apartments and lodging714
  • Businesses389
  • Mobile homes124
  • Schools100
  • Industrial58
  • Sheds, utility and other37
  • Government and assembly34
  • Farm buildings25
  • Nursing homes and hospitals2
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less2,015
  • 300 to 5001,314
  • 550 to 1,000508
  • 1,050 to 2,00092
  • over 2,00032
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
Elderwood Of Uihlein At Lake PlacidNursing home156 bedsSep 2026
LAKE PLACID JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLPublic school304 studentsJun 2025
LAKE PLACID ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPublic school228 studentsJun 2025
North Country SchoolPrivate school84 studentsJun 2024 Check
St Agnes Parochial SchoolPrivate school43 studentsJun 2024 Check
Mountain Lake AcademyPrivate school30 studentsJun 2024 Check
Adirondack Community Action Programs, Inc.Child care center24 licensed capacityOct 2026
St. Agnes SchoolChild care center20 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.

  • Lake Placid Volunteer Fire DepartmentRecord dated Nov 2016