FirePreplans

Birdsboro, Pennsylvania. Berks County.

Birdsboro-Union Fire Department

  • 3,886pre-plans, about one per building
  • 4life-risk sites
  • 100estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 80in the flood zone

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

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Mostly volunteer department. 2 stations. 35 volunteer firefighters. 14 career firefighters.

Daniel Boone Area HS, public schoolBerks Christian School, private schoolLive N Learn Smile Center, child care centerLittle Explorers, child care centerBirdsboro - Union Fire Department Station 7 - 1Birdsboro - Union Fire Department Station 7 - 2Daniel Boone Area HSBerks ChristianLive N Learn SmileLittle ExplorersSTATION 7STATION 72 miNDaniel Boone Area HS, public schoolBerks Christian School, private schoolLive N Learn Smile Center, child care centerLittle Explorers, child care centerBirdsboro - Union Fire Department Station 7 - 1Birdsboro - Union Fire Department Station 7 - 2Daniel Boone Area HSBerks ChristianLive N Learn SmileLittle ExplorersSTATION 7STATION 72 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.

3,886pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025
4life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimatedCheck: list over 2 years old
100buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
80buildings 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.
18square miles of first dueEstimated

About 7,356 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

  • Homes3,077
  • Mobile homes283
  • Businesses172
  • Industrial137
  • Apartments and lodging113
  • Government and assembly56
  • Schools22
  • Sheds, utility and other21
  • Farm buildings5
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less1,669
  • 300 to 5001,843
  • 550 to 1,000274
  • 1,050 to 2,00055
  • over 2,00045
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.

NameTypeSizeList as of
Daniel Boone Area HSPublic school940 studentsJun 2025
Berks Christian SchoolPrivate school142 studentsJun 2024 Check
Live N Learn Smile CenterChild care center137 licensed capacitySep 2026
Little ExplorersChild care center36 licensed capacitySep 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.

  • Birdsboro - Union Fire Department Station 7 - 1Record dated Feb 2023
  • Birdsboro - Union Fire Department Station 7 - 2Record dated Feb 2023