FirePreplans

Avondale, Pennsylvania. Chester County.

Avondale Fire Company #1

  • 5,421pre-plans, about one per building
  • 9life-risk sites
  • 303estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 83in the flood zone

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

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All volunteer department. 1 station. 40 volunteer firefighters.

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Kennett Middle School, public schoolNew Garden Elementary School, public schoolBancroft El Sch, public schoolNew Garden Early Care & Edu Center Llc, child care centerDucklings Early Learning Center, child care centerTommy Tinkers, child care centerTick Tock Early Learning Center, child care centerBright Beginnings Education Center Inc, child care centerBowling Green Brandywine Treatment Center, hospitalAvondale Fire Company Station 23Kennett MiddleNew Garden Elem.Bancroft Elem.New Garden EarlyDucklings EarlyTommy TinkersTick Tock EarlyBright BeginningsBowling GreenSTATION 232 miNKennett Middle School, public schoolNew Garden Elementary School, public schoolBancroft El Sch, public schoolNew Garden Early Care & Edu Center Llc, child care centerDucklings Early Learning Center, child care centerTommy Tinkers, child care centerTick Tock Early Learning Center, child care centerBright Beginnings Education Center Inc, child care centerBowling Green Brandywine Treatment Center, hospitalAvondale Fire Company Station 23Kennett MiddleNew Garden Elem.Bancroft Elem.New Garden EarlyDucklings EarlyTommy TinkersTick Tock EarlyBowling GreenSTATION 235 miN
  • Your first due
  • Stations
  • Life-risk sites
Your first due from your county's published response areas, as of Oct 2026.

Your first due by the numbers.

5,421pre-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 caresEstimated
303buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
83buildings 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.
21square miles of first duePublished by your countyAs of Oct 2026

About 11,174 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

  • Homes3,809
  • Farm buildings678
  • Businesses250
  • Mobile homes219
  • Industrial180
  • Apartments and lodging173
  • Government and assembly52
  • Sheds, utility and other44
  • Schools16
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less1,799
  • 300 to 5002,001
  • 550 to 1,0001,318
  • 1,050 to 2,000218
  • over 2,00085
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
Bowling Green Brandywine Treatment CenterHospitalAt setupJan 2024
Kennett Middle SchoolPublic school902 studentsJun 2025
New Garden Elementary SchoolPublic school473 studentsJun 2025
Bancroft El SchPublic school403 studentsJun 2025
New Garden Early Care & Edu Center LlcChild care center255 licensed capacitySep 2026
Ducklings Early Learning CenterChild care center142 licensed capacitySep 2026
Tommy TinkersChild care center101 licensed capacitySep 2026
Tick Tock Early Learning CenterChild care center95 licensed capacitySep 2026
Bright Beginnings Education Center IncChild care center74 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.

  • Avondale Fire Company Station 23Record dated Jul 2017