Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Cambria County.

Southmont Volunteer Fire Company

1,518pre-plans, about one per building
5life-risk sites
16estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
5in the flood zone

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

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All volunteer department. 1 station. 25 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.

1,518pre-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

16buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated

5buildings 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.

1square miles of first dueEstimated

About 3,298 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

Homes1,396
Apartments and lodging57
Businesses21
Nursing homes and hospitals21
Government and assembly16
Sheds, utility and other5
Industrial1
Schools1

EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025

Water need, in gpm

250 or less800
300 to 500592
550 to 1,000110
1,050 to 2,00011
over 2,0005

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
Heritage Ridge Senior Living At Johnstown	Nursing home	63 beds	Sep 2026
Quality Life Services - Westmont	Nursing home	41 beds	Sep 2026
Heritage Ridge Senior Living At Johnstown	Personal care home	48 licensed capacity	Oct 2026
Quality Life Services-Westmont	Personal care home	34 licensed capacity	Oct 2026
Growing Years Early Learning Center At Johnstown	Child care center	88 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.

Southmont Borough Volunteer Fire Company Station 26Record dated Jun 2017

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The board packet is a PDF built for Southmont 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 $250, Free
Or 12 monthly payments: was $20.83 a monththe same total

*The first company in Cambria 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 $42,446, your average yearly spending on your last 3 IRS filings. Our smallest price is $250.

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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