FirePreplans

Niagara Falls, New York. Niagara County.

Bergholtz Fire Department

  • 2,953pre-plans, about one per building
  • 5life-risk sites
  • 81estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 252in the flood zone

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

See a sample pre-plan

All volunteer department. 1 station.

NIAGARA CHARTER SCHOOL, public schoolBunny Bunch Day Care, Inc., child care centerElderwood At Wheatfield, nursing homeSt Peter's Evangelical Lutheran School, private schoolElderwood Assisted Living at Wheatfield, personal care homeBergholz Volunteer Fire CompanyNiagara CharterBunny Bunch Day CareElderwoodSt Peter'sElderwood AssistedSTATION1 miNNIAGARA CHARTER SCHOOL, public schoolBunny Bunch Day Care, Inc., child care centerElderwood At Wheatfield, nursing homeSt Peter's Evangelical Lutheran School, private schoolElderwood Assisted Living at Wheatfield, personal care homeBergholz Volunteer Fire CompanyNiagara CharterBunny Bunch Day CareElderwoodSt Peter'sElderwood AssistedSTATION2 miN
  • Your first due
  • Stations
  • Life-risk sites
Your first due from your county's published response areas, as of Oct 2025.

Your first due by the numbers.

2,953pre-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
252buildings 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 duePublished by your countyAs of Oct 2025

About 8,024 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

  • Homes2,365
  • Apartments and lodging234
  • Businesses125
  • Industrial118
  • Farm buildings44
  • Sheds, utility and other24
  • Government and assembly21
  • Nursing homes and hospitals14
  • Schools7
  • Mobile homes1
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less1,003
  • 300 to 5001,633
  • 550 to 1,000236
  • 1,050 to 2,00041
  • over 2,00040
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; 6% 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
Elderwood At WheatfieldNursing home123 bedsSep 2026
Elderwood Assisted Living at WheatfieldPersonal care home65 licensed capacityDec 2021 Check
NIAGARA CHARTER SCHOOLPublic school342 studentsJun 2025
St Peter's Evangelical Lutheran SchoolPrivate school75 studentsJun 2024 Check
Bunny Bunch Day Care, Inc.Child care center202 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.

  • Bergholz Volunteer Fire CompanyRecord dated Feb 2025