FirePreplans

Halifax, Pennsylvania. Dauphin County.

Halifax Fire Department

  • 2,325pre-plans, about one per building
  • 6life-risk sites
  • 39estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 25in 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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Halifax Area El Sch, public schoolHalifax Area MS, public schoolHalifax Area HS, public schoolThe Ymca Child Development Center At Halifax, child care centerRockstart Early Learning Center 2, child care centerRockstart Early Learning Center, child care centerHalifax Fire Department Station 29Halifax Area Elem.Halifax Area MSHalifax Area HSYmca ChildRockstart EarlyRockstart EarlySTATION 292 miNHalifax Area El Sch, public schoolHalifax Area MS, public schoolHalifax Area HS, public schoolThe Ymca Child Development Center At Halifax, child care centerRockstart Early Learning Center 2, child care centerRockstart Early Learning Center, child care centerHalifax Fire Department Station 29Halifax Area Elem.Halifax Area MSHalifax Area HSYmca ChildRockstart EarlyRockstart EarlySTATION 292 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.

2,325pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025
6life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimated
39buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
25buildings 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.
22square miles of first dueEstimated

About 4,352 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

  • Homes1,980
  • Businesses169
  • Mobile homes79
  • Apartments and lodging36
  • Government and assembly20
  • Schools19
  • Industrial11
  • Farm buildings8
  • Sheds, utility and other3
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less1,136
  • 300 to 500916
  • 550 to 1,000234
  • 1,050 to 2,00035
  • over 2,0004
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
Halifax Area El SchPublic school349 studentsJun 2025
Halifax Area MSPublic school263 studentsJun 2025
Halifax Area HSPublic school234 studentsJun 2025
The Ymca Child Development Center At HalifaxChild care center98 licensed capacitySep 2026
Rockstart Early Learning Center 2Child care center63 licensed capacitySep 2026
Rockstart Early 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.

  • Halifax Fire Department Station 29Record dated May 2014