Allentown, Pennsylvania. Lehigh County.

Western Salisbury Fire Department

2,680pre-plans, about one per building
9life-risk sites
57estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
16in the flood zone

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

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All volunteer department. 2 stations.

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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.

2,680pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025

9life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimatedCheck: list over 2 years old

57buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated

16buildings 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.

4square miles of first dueEstimated

About 5,205 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

Homes2,463
Businesses160
Apartments and lodging21
Schools18
Government and assembly11
Sheds, utility and other3
Mobile homes2
Nursing homes and hospitals2

EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025

Water need, in gpm

250 or less1,802
300 to 500726
550 to 1,00095
1,050 to 2,00030
over 2,00027

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; 94% 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.

Name	Type	Size	List as of
Cedar Crest Post Acute	Nursing home	166 beds	Sep 2026
Lehigh Valley Hospital Tsu	Nursing home	52 beds	Sep 2026
Lehigh Valley Hospital - Cedar Crest	Hospital	At setup	Jan 2023
Lehigh Valley Reilly Children’s Hospital	Hospital	At setup	Jan 2023
Rittenhouse Village At Lehigh Valley	Personal care home	110 licensed capacity	Oct 2026
St Thomas More School	Private school	489 students	Jun 2024 Check
Lehigh Christian Academy	Private school	313 students	Jun 2024 Check
Lehigh Valley Hospital Childrens Early	Child care center	103 licensed capacity	Sep 2026
Spanish Immersion Learning Center	Child care center	34 licensed capacity	Sep 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.

Western Salisbury Volunteer Fire Company Station 31Record dated Aug 2016

Take it to your board.

The board packet is a PDF built for Western Salisbury Fire Department: your numbers, how it works in four steps, what your officers do, the cost and terms, and a motion your secretary can read into the minutes.

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What it costs

Year one

Pay in full: was $1,350, Free
Or 12 monthly payments: was $112.50 a monththe same total

*The first company in Lehigh County to sign up pays no setup fee. That spot is still open.

Each year after

$120 a year, one payment.

Half of one percent of $271,396, your average yearly spending on your last 3 IRS filings.

Year one is a setup fee that builds every card and includes the monthly checks and the note to the chief. Each year after, $120 a year keeps them going.

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