FirePreplans

Butler, Pennsylvania. Butler County.

Butler Township Volunteer Fire District

  • 7,321pre-plans, about one per building
  • 11life-risk sites
  • 232estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 21in the flood zone

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

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Mostly volunteer department. 2 stations. 30 volunteer firefighters. 1 career firefighters.

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Butler Area SHS, public schoolButler Area IHS, public schoolMcQuistion El Sch, public schoolSunnyview Nursing And Rehabilitation Center, nursing homeKiddie City Early Childhood Development Center, child care centerTime To Shine Learning Center, child care centerA & N Little Bugs Daycare & Preschool, child care centerLifesteps Childrens Creative Learning Center, child care centerBenbrook Place, personal care homeButler County Area Vocational Technical School, public schoolEllen O'Brien Gaiser Center, hospitalLyndora Volunteer Fire Department Station 4South Butler Volunteer Fire Department Station 7Meridian Community Volunteer Fire Department Station 3Butler Area SHSButler Area IHSMcQuistion Elem.Sunnyview NursingKiddie City EarlyTime To ShineLifesteps ChildrensBenbrook PlaceButler County AreaEllen O'Brien GaiserSTATION 4STATION 7STATION 32 miNButler Area SHS, public schoolButler Area IHS, public schoolMcQuistion El Sch, public schoolSunnyview Nursing And Rehabilitation Center, nursing homeKiddie City Early Childhood Development Center, child care centerTime To Shine Learning Center, child care centerA & N Little Bugs Daycare & Preschool, child care centerLifesteps Childrens Creative Learning Center, child care centerBenbrook Place, personal care homeButler County Area Vocational Technical School, public schoolEllen O'Brien Gaiser Center, hospitalLyndora Volunteer Fire Department Station 4South Butler Volunteer Fire Department Station 7Meridian Community Volunteer Fire Department Station 3Butler Area SHSKiddie City EarlyTime To ShineLifesteps ChildrensSTATION 4STATION 7STATION 32 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.

7,321pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025
11life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimated
232buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
21buildings 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.
25square miles of first dueEstimated

About 16,516 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

  • Homes6,418
  • Mobile homes259
  • Businesses251
  • Apartments and lodging169
  • Sheds, utility and other107
  • Industrial59
  • Schools27
  • Farm buildings21
  • Government and assembly6
  • Nursing homes and hospitals4
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less3,681
  • 300 to 5002,764
  • 550 to 1,000644
  • 1,050 to 2,000179
  • over 2,00053
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
Sunnyview Nursing And Rehabilitation CenterNursing home220 bedsSep 2026
Ellen O'Brien Gaiser CenterHospitalAt setupJan 2024
Benbrook PlacePersonal care home29 licensed capacityOct 2026
Butler Area SHSPublic school1,956 studentsJun 2025
Butler Area IHSPublic school1,291 studentsJun 2025
McQuistion El SchPublic school498 studentsJun 2025
Butler County Area Vocational Technical SchoolPublic school26 studentsJun 2025
Kiddie City Early Childhood Development CenterChild care center158 licensed capacitySep 2026
Time To Shine Learning CenterChild care center53 licensed capacitySep 2026
A & N Little Bugs Daycare & PreschoolChild care center37 licensed capacitySep 2026
Lifesteps Childrens Creative Learning CenterChild 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.

  • Lyndora Volunteer Fire Department Station 4Record dated Dec 2016
  • South Butler Volunteer Fire Department Station 7Record dated Dec 2016
  • Meridian Community Volunteer Fire Department Station 3Record dated Dec 2016