FirePreplans

Columbus, Ohio. Franklin County.

Prairie Township Fire Department

  • 12,759pre-plans, about one per building
  • 13life-risk sites
  • 267estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 71in the flood zone

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

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Mostly volunteer department. 2 stations. 26 career firefighters.

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Westland High School, public schoolGalloway Ridge Intermediate School, public schoolNorton Middle School, public schoolDarby Woods Elementary School, public schoolPrairie Lincoln Elementary School, public schoolStiles Elementary School, public schoolPrairie Norton Elementary School, public schoolAlton Hall Elementary School, public schoolSt Cecilia Elementary School, private schoolLaurels Of West Columbus, The, nursing homeNational Church Residences Lincoln Lodge, personal care homeStiles Family Center, public schoolOhioHealth Doctors Hospital, hospitalPrairie Township Fire Department Station 241 HeadquartersPrairie Township Fire Department Station 243Westland HighGalloway RidgeNorton MiddleDarby Woods Elem.Prairie LincolnAlton Hall Elem.St Cecilia Elem.LaurelsNational ChurchSTATION 241STATION 2432 miNWestland High School, public schoolGalloway Ridge Intermediate School, public schoolNorton Middle School, public schoolDarby Woods Elementary School, public schoolPrairie Lincoln Elementary School, public schoolStiles Elementary School, public schoolPrairie Norton Elementary School, public schoolAlton Hall Elementary School, public schoolSt Cecilia Elementary School, private schoolLaurels Of West Columbus, The, nursing homeNational Church Residences Lincoln Lodge, personal care homeStiles Family Center, public schoolOhioHealth Doctors Hospital, hospitalPrairie Township Fire Department Station 241 HeadquartersPrairie Township Fire Department Station 243Westland HighGalloway RidgeNorton MiddlePrairie LincolnAlton Hall Elem.LaurelsSTATION 241STATION 2432 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.

12,759pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025
13life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimatedCheck: list over 2 years old
267buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
71buildings 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.
24square miles of first dueEstimated

About 34,905 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

  • Homes11,015
  • Apartments and lodging915
  • Businesses371
  • Sheds, utility and other120
  • Industrial71
  • Government and assembly67
  • Mobile homes64
  • Nursing homes and hospitals55
  • Schools52
  • Farm buildings29
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less6,911
  • 300 to 5004,929
  • 550 to 1,000652
  • 1,050 to 2,000216
  • over 2,00051
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; 15% 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
Laurels Of West Columbus, TheNursing home97 bedsSep 2026
OhioHealth Doctors HospitalHospitalAt setupNov 2017
National Church Residences Lincoln LodgePersonal care home66 licensed capacityOct 2026
Westland High SchoolPublic school1,853 studentsJun 2025
Galloway Ridge Intermediate SchoolPublic school705 studentsJun 2025
Norton Middle SchoolPublic school583 studentsJun 2025
Darby Woods Elementary SchoolPublic school554 studentsJun 2025
Prairie Lincoln Elementary SchoolPublic school515 studentsJun 2025
Stiles Elementary SchoolPublic school511 studentsJun 2025
Prairie Norton Elementary SchoolPublic school510 studentsJun 2025
Alton Hall Elementary SchoolPublic school504 studentsJun 2025
Stiles Family CenterPublic school30 studentsJun 2025
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St Cecilia Elementary SchoolPrivate school291 studentsJun 2024 Check

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.

  • Prairie Township Fire Department Station 241 HeadquartersRecord dated Jan 2022
  • Prairie Township Fire Department Station 243Record dated Jan 2022