Troy, New York. Rensselaer County.

DeFreestville Fire Department

2,722pre-plans, about one per building
7life-risk sites
172estimated 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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All volunteer department. 1 station. 55 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.

2,722pre-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

172buildings 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.

9square miles of first dueEstimated

About 9,321 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

Homes2,242
Apartments and lodging209
Businesses164
Sheds, utility and other34
Government and assembly32
Industrial22
Schools16
Nursing homes and hospitals2
Mobile homes1

EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026

Water need, in gpm

250 or less1,013
300 to 5001,022
550 to 1,000515
1,050 to 2,00091
over 2,00081

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; 19% 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
Rosewood Rehabilitation And Nursing Center	Nursing home	80 beds	Sep 2026
BELL TOP SCHOOL	Public school	304 students	Jun 2025
Woodland Hill Montessori School	Private school	243 students	Jun 2024 Check
Robert C Parker School	Private school	114 students	Jun 2024 Check
Bright Horizons at Valley View	Child care center	169 licensed capacity	Oct 2026
Tutor Time Learning Centers	Child care center	142 licensed capacity	Oct 2026
Bloom and Grow Daycare	Child care center	24 licensed capacity	Oct 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.

Defreestville Volunteer Fire DepartmentRecord dated Feb 2017

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The board packet is a PDF built for DeFreestville Fire Department: 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 $300, Free
Or 12 monthly payments: was $25 a monththe same total

*The first company in Rensselaer 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 $63,090, 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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