FirePreplans

Columbia, Pennsylvania. Lancaster County.

Columbia Borough Fire Department

  • 2,077pre-plans, about one per building
  • 8life-risk sites
  • 224estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 55in the flood zone

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

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All volunteer department. 1 station. 65 volunteer firefighters.

Park El Sch, public schoolColumbia HS, public schoolColumbia MS Taylor Campus, public schoolColumbia MS Hill Campus, public schoolSt John Neumann School For Children And Families, child care centerOur Lady Of The Angels School, private schoolSt John's Herr Estate, personal care homeOur Home Of Hope, personal care homeColumbia Borough Fire Department Station 80Park Elem.Columbia HSColumbia MS TaylorColumbia MS HillSt John NeumannOur LadySt John's HerrOur HomeSTATION 800.5 miNPark El Sch, public schoolColumbia HS, public schoolColumbia MS Taylor Campus, public schoolColumbia MS Hill Campus, public schoolSt John Neumann School For Children And Families, child care centerOur Lady Of The Angels School, private schoolSt John's Herr Estate, personal care homeOur Home Of Hope, personal care homeColumbia Borough Fire Department Station 80Park Elem.Columbia HSColumbia MS TaylorColumbia MS HillSt John NeumannOur LadySt John's HerrOur HomeSTATION 801 miN
  • 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.

2,077pre-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 caresEstimatedCheck: list over 2 years old
224buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
55buildings in the 100-year flood zone, mapped zones onlyEstimatedFlood maps as of Oct 2026
192hydrants mappedHydrant maps as of Jun 2026
2square miles of first duePublished by your countyAs of Nov 2025

About 5,977 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

  • Homes1,256
  • Apartments and lodging453
  • Businesses140
  • Industrial82
  • Sheds, utility and other47
  • Government and assembly45
  • Mobile homes30
  • Schools21
  • Farm buildings2
  • Nursing homes and hospitals1
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less898
  • 300 to 500720
  • 550 to 1,000235
  • 1,050 to 2,000129
  • over 2,00095
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
St John's Herr EstatePersonal care home46 licensed capacityOct 2026
Our Home Of HopePersonal care home30 licensed capacityOct 2026
Park El SchPublic school511 studentsJun 2025
Columbia HSPublic school397 studentsJun 2025
Columbia MS Taylor CampusPublic school202 studentsJun 2025
Columbia MS Hill CampusPublic school202 studentsJun 2025
Our Lady Of The Angels SchoolPrivate school97 studentsJun 2024 Check
St John Neumann School For Children And FamiliesChild care center140 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.

  • Columbia Borough Fire Department Station 80Record dated Aug 2018