West Lawn, Pennsylvania. Berks County.

Township of Spring Fire/Rescue Service

5,241pre-plans, about one per building
9life-risk sites
149estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
0in the flood zone

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

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Mostly volunteer department. 1 station. 25 volunteer firefighters. 16 career 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.

5,241pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025

9life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimatedCheck: list over 2 years old

149buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated

0buildings 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.

4square miles of first dueEstimated

About 11,926 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

Homes4,795
Apartments and lodging192
Businesses150
Schools52
Government and assembly24
Industrial21
Sheds, utility and other6
Mobile homes1

EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025

Water need, in gpm

250 or less1,960
300 to 5002,742
550 to 1,000390
1,050 to 2,000120
over 2,00029

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
Sinking Spring Skilled Nursing And Rehabilitation	Nursing home	214 beds	Sep 2026
Wilson HS	Public school	2,133 students	Jun 2025
Whitfield El Sch	Public school	573 students	Jun 2025
St Ignatius Loyola Regional School	Private school	277 students	Jun 2024 Check
Yocum Institute For Arts Education	Private school	12 students	Jun 2024 Check
Kindercare Learning Center	Child care center	154 licensed capacity	Sep 2026
The Morgan School Llc	Child care center	108 licensed capacity	Sep 2026
Kidz Paradise	Child care center	88 licensed capacity	Sep 2026
St Albans Learning Center	Child care center	51 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.

Township of Spring Volunteer Fire Department Station 85Record dated Feb 2023

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The board packet is a PDF built for Township of Spring Fire/Rescue Service: 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 $1,550, Free
Or 12 monthly payments: was $129.17 a monththe same total

*The first company in Berks 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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