FirePreplans

Bird In Hand, Pennsylvania. Lancaster County.

Hand-In-Hand Fire Department

  • 1,464pre-plans, about one per building
  • 3life-risk sites
  • 90estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 29in the flood zone

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

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All volunteer department. 1 station. 50 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 Nov 2025.

Your first due by the numbers.

1,464pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025
3life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimatedCheck: list over 2 years old
90buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
29buildings in the 100-year flood zone, mapped zones onlyEstimatedFlood maps as of Oct 2026
20hydrants mappedHydrant maps as of Jun 2026
6square miles of first duePublished by your countyAs of Nov 2025

About 3,843 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

  • Homes1,305
  • Apartments and lodging42
  • Businesses37
  • Schools23
  • Industrial22
  • Mobile homes16
  • Government and assembly13
  • Sheds, utility and other6
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less863
  • 300 to 500372
  • 550 to 1,000139
  • 1,050 to 2,00066
  • over 2,00024
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; 68% 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.

NameTypeSizeList as of
Weavertown Mennonite SchoolPrivate school161 studentsJun 2024 Check
Gibbons SchoolPrivate school22 studentsJun 2024 Check
Pleasant View Amish SchoolPrivate school19 studentsJun 2024 Check

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.

  • Bird - In - Hand Fire Company 1 Station 41Record dated Sep 2018