FirePreplans

Chester, New York. Orange County.

Chester Fire Department

  • 7,649pre-plans, about one per building
  • 4life-risk sites
  • 273estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 269in the flood zone

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

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All volunteer department. 3 stations. 110 volunteer firefighters.

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CHESTER ACADEMY-MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL, public schoolCHESTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, public schoolGREENWOOD LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL, public schoolLittle Scholars, child care centerChester Fire Department Trout Brook Engine and Hose CompanyChester Fire Department Walton Engine and Hose CompanyChester Fire Department Sugar Loaf Engine CompanyChesterChester Elem.Greenwood LakeLittle ScholarsSTATIONSTATIONSTATION2 miNCHESTER ACADEMY-MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL, public schoolCHESTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, public schoolGREENWOOD LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL, public schoolLittle Scholars, child care centerChester Fire Department Trout Brook Engine and Hose CompanyChester Fire Department Walton Engine and Hose CompanyChester Fire Department Sugar Loaf Engine CompanyChesterChester Elem.Greenwood LakeLittle ScholarsSTATIONSTATIONSTATION5 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.

7,649pre-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 caresEstimated
273buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
269buildings 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.
41square miles of first dueEstimated

About 18,079 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

  • Homes6,485
  • Apartments and lodging337
  • Businesses335
  • Industrial155
  • Farm buildings152
  • Sheds, utility and other73
  • Schools39
  • Mobile homes37
  • Government and assembly36
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less2,988
  • 300 to 5003,512
  • 550 to 1,000876
  • 1,050 to 2,000214
  • over 2,00059
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
CHESTER ACADEMY-MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOLPublic school538 studentsJun 2025
CHESTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPublic school393 studentsJun 2025
GREENWOOD LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOLPublic school226 studentsJun 2025
Little ScholarsChild care center90 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.

  • Chester Fire Department Trout Brook Engine and Hose CompanyRecord dated Jul 2019
  • Chester Fire Department Walton Engine and Hose CompanyRecord dated Jul 2019
  • Chester Fire Department Sugar Loaf Engine CompanyRecord dated Jul 2019