FirePreplans

Rensselaer, New York. Rensselaer County.

Rensselaer Fire Department

  • 2,969pre-plans, about one per building
  • 5life-risk sites
  • 81estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 19in the flood zone

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

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Mostly volunteer department. 1 station. 45 volunteer firefighters. 12 career firefighters.

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VAN RENSSELAER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, public schoolRENSSELAER JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, public schoolThe Commission on Economic Opportunity for the Greater Capital Region, Inc., child care centerDoane Stuart School, private schoolNURSES MIDDLE COLLEGE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL-CAPITAL REGION, public schoolRensselaer Fire Department GS Mink T Claxton Hose Company Broadway StationRensselaer Fire Department North StationVan Rensselaer Elem.RensselaerCommissionDoane Stuart SchoolNurses MiddleSTATIONSTATION1 miNVAN RENSSELAER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, public schoolRENSSELAER JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, public schoolThe Commission on Economic Opportunity for the Greater Capital Region, Inc., child care centerDoane Stuart School, private schoolNURSES MIDDLE COLLEGE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL-CAPITAL REGION, public schoolRensselaer Fire Department GS Mink T Claxton Hose Company Broadway StationRensselaer Fire Department North StationRensselaerCommissionDoane Stuart SchoolNurses MiddleSTATIONSTATION1 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.

2,969pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026
5life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimatedCheck: list over 2 years old
81buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
19buildings 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.
4square miles of first dueEstimated

About 6,371 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

  • Homes1,827
  • Apartments and lodging777
  • Businesses117
  • Industrial106
  • Sheds, utility and other80
  • Government and assembly46
  • Schools16
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less1,899
  • 300 to 500780
  • 550 to 1,000209
  • 1,050 to 2,00050
  • over 2,00031
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; 50% 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
VAN RENSSELAER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPublic school487 studentsJun 2025
RENSSELAER JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLPublic school462 studentsJun 2025
NURSES MIDDLE COLLEGE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL-CAPITAL REGIONPublic school83 studentsJun 2025
Doane Stuart SchoolPrivate school89 studentsJun 2024 Check
The Commission on Economic Opportunity for the Greater Capital Region, Inc.Child care center97 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.

  • Rensselaer Fire Department GS Mink T Claxton Hose Company Broadway StationRecord dated Jun 2019
  • Rensselaer Fire Department North StationRecord dated Jun 2019