FirePreplans

Ephrata, Pennsylvania. Lancaster County.

Martindale Volunteer Fire Company

  • 1,439pre-plans, about one per building
  • 2life-risk sites
  • 196estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 38in the flood zone

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

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Mostly volunteer department. 1 station. 43 volunteer firefighters. 25 career 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.

1,439pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025
2life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimatedCheck: list over 2 years old
196buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
38buildings in the 100-year flood zone, mapped zones onlyEstimatedFlood maps as of Oct 2026
0hydrants mappedHydrant maps as of Oct 2017Check: list over 2 years old
9square miles of first duePublished by your countyAs of Nov 2025

About 3,569 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

  • Homes1,315
  • Industrial34
  • Sheds, utility and other20
  • Businesses16
  • Apartments and lodging15
  • Mobile homes14
  • Government and assembly12
  • Schools10
  • Farm buildings3
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less460
  • 300 to 500488
  • 550 to 1,000295
  • 1,050 to 2,000136
  • over 2,00060
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
Hinkletown Mennonite SchoolPrivate school249 studentsJun 2024 Check
Crossroads Mennonite SchoolPrivate school30 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.

  • Martindale Volunteer Fire Company Station 3Record dated Aug 2018