Marengo, Ohio. Morrow County.

Big Walnut Joint Fire District

10,619pre-plans, about one per building
5life-risk sites
177estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
30in the flood zone

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

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All volunteer department. 2 stations.

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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.

10,619pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025

5life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimated

177buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated

30buildings in the 100-year flood zone, mapped zones onlyEstimatedFlood maps as of Oct 2026

191hydrants mapped, covering about 31% of your buildingsHydrant maps as of Jan 2026

129square miles of first dueEstimated

About 20,048 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

Homes6,413
Farm buildings1,821
Mobile homes1,691
Businesses392
Apartments and lodging109
Government and assembly92
Schools42
Sheds, utility and other29
Industrial26
Nursing homes and hospitals4

EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025

Water need, in gpm

250 or less5,925
300 to 5003,302
550 to 1,0001,215
1,050 to 2,000138
over 2,00039

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.

Name	Type	Size	List as of
Bennington Glen Nursing & Rehabilitation Center	Nursing home	79 beds	Sep 2026
Morrow Manor Nursing Center	Nursing home	46 beds	Sep 2026
Highland Elementary School	Public school	836 students	Jun 2025
Highland High School	Public school	468 students	Jun 2025
Highland Middle School	Public school	389 students	Jun 2025

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.

Big Walnut Joint Fire DistrictRecord dated Sep 2020
Big Walnut Joint Fire District Station 2Record dated Dec 2021

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The board packet is a PDF built for Big Walnut Joint Fire District: 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 $2,400, Free
Or 12 monthly payments: was $200 a monththe same total

*The first company in Morrow 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 the typical yearly spending for a first due your size. We found no IRS filing for your company.

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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