Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. Cumberland County.

Upper Allen Township Fire Department

6,646pre-plans, about one per building
8life-risk sites
338estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
59in the flood zone

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

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All volunteer department. 1 station. 30 volunteer firefighters.

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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.

6,646pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025

8life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimated

338buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated

59buildings 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.

13square miles of first duePublished by your countyAs of Oct 2026

About 17,469 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

Homes5,570
Businesses375
Apartments and lodging246
Farm buildings192
Mobile homes129
Schools60
Sheds, utility and other42
Government and assembly25
Nursing homes and hospitals6
Industrial1

EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025

Water need, in gpm

250 or less3,783
300 to 5001,728
550 to 1,000797
1,050 to 2,000267
over 2,00071

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; 77% of your buildings have a recorded height.

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
Messiah Lifeways At Messiah Village	Nursing home	118 beds	Sep 2026
Messiah Lifeways At Messiah Village	Personal care home	190 licensed capacity	Oct 2026
Mechanicsburg MS	Public school	1,112 students	Jun 2025
Upper Allen El Sch	Public school	321 students	Jun 2025
Shepherdstown El Sch	Public school	283 students	Jun 2025
Genius Kids Upper Allen	Child care center	208 licensed capacity	Sep 2026
Kindercare Learning Center 301628	Child care center	204 licensed capacity	Sep 2026
U-Gro Learning Centres	Child care center	122 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.

Upper Allen Township Fire Department Station 23Record dated Sep 2017

Take it to your board.

The board packet is a PDF built for Upper Allen Township Fire Department: 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 $2,100, Free
Or 12 monthly payments: was $175 a monththe same total

*The first company in Cumberland 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 $421,080, your average yearly spending on your last 3 IRS filings.

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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