Drums, Pennsylvania. Luzerne County.

Butler Township Fire Company

4,011pre-plans, about one per building
6life-risk sites
82estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
115in the flood zone

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

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All volunteer department. 1 station. 45 volunteer 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.

4,011pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025

6life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimated

82buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated

115buildings 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.

26square miles of first dueEstimated

About 8,043 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

Homes3,566
Businesses178
Mobile homes77
Apartments and lodging63
Schools55
Government and assembly36
Sheds, utility and other25
Nursing homes and hospitals8
Industrial3

EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025

Water need, in gpm

250 or less1,604
300 to 5001,858
550 to 1,000467
1,050 to 2,00067
over 2,00015

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.

Name	Type	Size	List as of
Kadima Rehabilitation & Nursing At Luzerne	Nursing home	37 beds	Sep 2026
Fritzingertown Senior Living Community	Personal care home	164 licensed capacity	Oct 2026
Conyngham Care Center	Personal care home	20 licensed capacity	Oct 2026
Drums El/MS	Public school	842 students	Jun 2025
Country Charm Early Learning Center	Child care center	146 licensed capacity	Sep 2026
Little Bear Learning Center	Child care center	14 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.

Valley Regional Fire and Rescue Station 16Record dated May 2018

Take it to your board.

The board packet is a PDF built for Butler Township Fire Company: 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 $1,450, Free
Or 12 monthly payments: was $120.83 a monththe same total

*The first company in Luzerne 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 $285,566, 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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