Ford Cliff, Pennsylvania. Armstrong County.

Ford Cliff Volunteer Fire Company

3,344pre-plans, about one per building
6life-risk sites
114estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
121in the flood zone

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

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All volunteer department. 1 station. 36 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.

3,344pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025

6life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimatedCheck: list over 2 years old

114buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated

121buildings 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.

16square miles of first dueEstimated

About 6,625 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

Homes2,735
Apartments and lodging194
Mobile homes162
Businesses116
Government and assembly41
Industrial29
Sheds, utility and other27
Schools20
Farm buildings19
Nursing homes and hospitals1

EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025

Water need, in gpm

250 or less1,661
300 to 5001,247
550 to 1,000322
1,050 to 2,00074
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; 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
The Ridge At Heritage Meadows	Personal care home	45 licensed capacity	Oct 2026
Lenape El Sch	Public school	691 students	Jun 2025
Lenape Technical School	Public school	586 students	Jun 2025
Divine Redeemer School	Private school	88 students	Jun 2024 Check
Grow N Learn Child Care Llc	Child care center	43 licensed capacity	Sep 2026
Big Kids Castle	Child care center	30 licensed capacity	Sep 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.

Ford City Hose Company Station 90Record dated Feb 2023
Ford Cliff Volunteer Fire Company Station 80Record dated Feb 2023

Take it to your board.

The board packet is a PDF built for Ford Cliff Volunteer Fire Company: 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 $850, Free
Or 12 monthly payments: was $70.83 a monththe same total

*The first company in Armstrong 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 $171,221, your yearly spending on your last IRS filing.

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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