FirePreplans

Mercersburg, Pennsylvania. Franklin County.

MMP&W Volunteer Fire and Ambulance Company

  • 8,295pre-plans, about one per building
  • 7life-risk sites
  • 410estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 111in the flood zone

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

See a sample pre-plan

Mostly volunteer department. 1 station. 20 volunteer firefighters. 8 career 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.

8,295pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025
7life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimatedCheck: list over 2 years old
410buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
111buildings 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.
121square miles of first dueEstimated

About 15,345 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

  • Homes6,860
  • Mobile homes522
  • Businesses394
  • Farm buildings344
  • Apartments and lodging48
  • Industrial44
  • Schools40
  • Sheds, utility and other36
  • Government and assembly7
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less3,750
  • 300 to 5002,905
  • 550 to 1,0001,230
  • 1,050 to 2,000257
  • over 2,000153
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
James Buchanan HSPublic school721 studentsJun 2025
James Buchanan MSPublic school535 studentsJun 2025
Mercersburg El SchPublic school232 studentsJun 2025
Montgomery El SchPublic school212 studentsJun 2025
Mountain View El SchPublic school185 studentsJun 2025
Mercersburg AcademyPrivate school439 studentsJun 2024 Check
Mercersburg Area PreschoolChild care center40 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.

  • Mercersburg - Montgomery - Peters - Warren Volunteer Fire Department - Company 9Record dated Nov 2017