FirePreplans

Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania. Luzerne County.

Wilkes Barre Township Volunteer Fire Department

  • 2,466pre-plans, about one per building
  • 6life-risk sites
  • 71estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 34in the flood zone

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

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All volunteer department. 1 station. 28 volunteer firefighters.

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Heights/Murray El Sch, public schoolSmall Wonders Day Care School, child care centerWilkes-Barre Academy, private schoolHighland Park Senior Living, personal care homeNorth Penn Manor, personal care homeKiddie Space, child care centerWilkes - Barre Township Volunteer Fire Department Station 188Heights/Murray Elem.Small Wonders DayWilkes-Barre AcademyHighland Park SeniorNorth Penn ManorKiddie SpaceSTATION 1880.5 miNHeights/Murray El Sch, public schoolSmall Wonders Day Care School, child care centerWilkes-Barre Academy, private schoolHighland Park Senior Living, personal care homeNorth Penn Manor, personal care homeKiddie Space, child care centerWilkes - Barre Township Volunteer Fire Department Station 188Heights/Murray Elem.Small Wonders DayWilkes-Barre AcademyHighland Park SeniorKiddie SpaceSTATION 1881 miN
  • 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.

2,466pre-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 caresEstimatedCheck: list over 2 years old
71buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
34buildings 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 4,749 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

  • Homes1,754
  • Apartments and lodging286
  • Businesses167
  • Mobile homes114
  • Sheds, utility and other88
  • Government and assembly31
  • Industrial19
  • Schools6
  • Nursing homes and hospitals1
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less2,169
  • 300 to 500154
  • 550 to 1,00072
  • 1,050 to 2,00035
  • over 2,00036
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.

NameTypeSizeList as of
Highland Park Senior LivingPersonal care home160 licensed capacityOct 2026
North Penn ManorPersonal care home80 licensed capacityOct 2026
Heights/Murray El SchPublic school838 studentsJun 2025
Wilkes-Barre AcademyPrivate school176 studentsJun 2024 Check
Small Wonders Day Care SchoolChild care center266 licensed capacitySep 2026
Kiddie SpaceChild care center56 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.

  • Wilkes - Barre Township Volunteer Fire Department Station 188Record dated Jun 2018