Gilbertsville, Pennsylvania. Montgomery County.

New Hanover Township Fire Company 1

5,701pre-plans, about one per building
7life-risk sites
73estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
62in the flood zone

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

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All volunteer department. 1 station. 31 volunteer firefighters.

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Your first due
Stations
Life-risk sites

Your first due from your county's published response areas, as of Oct 2026.

Your first due by the numbers.

5,701pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025

7life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimated

73buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated

62buildings 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.

22square miles of first duePublished by your countyAs of Oct 2026

About 14,592 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

Homes5,334
Businesses92
Apartments and lodging88
Sheds, utility and other73
Government and assembly57
Mobile homes36
Schools12
Industrial9

EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025

Water need, in gpm

250 or less1,646
300 to 5003,245
550 to 1,000737
1,050 to 2,00068
over 2,0005

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; 2% 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
Frederick Living - Cedarwood	Nursing home	61 beds	Sep 2026
Boyertown Area MS-East	Public school	841 students	Jun 2025
New Hanover-Upper Frederick El	Public school	606 students	Jun 2025
Creative Moments	Child care center	160 licensed capacity	Sep 2026
New Hanover Sunshine Learning Center	Child care center	157 licensed capacity	Sep 2026
The Goddard School	Child care center	139 licensed capacity	Sep 2026
New Hanover Child Care	Child care center	58 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.

New Hanover Fire Company 1 Station 37Record dated Feb 2019

Take it to your board.

The board packet is a PDF built for New Hanover Township Fire Company 1: 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 $1,500, Free
Or 12 monthly payments: was $125 a monththe same total

*The first company in Montgomery 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 $297,398, 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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