Easton, Pennsylvania. Northampton County.

Forks Township Fire Department

4,232pre-plans, about one per building
8life-risk sites
85estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
12in the flood zone

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

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All volunteer department. 1 station. 52 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.

4,232pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025

8life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimatedCheck: list over 2 years old

85buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated

12buildings 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.

6square miles of first dueEstimated

About 8,856 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

Homes3,947
Mobile homes88
Businesses65
Government and assembly58
Apartments and lodging28
Industrial16
Schools11
Farm buildings9
Nursing homes and hospitals6
Sheds, utility and other4

EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025

Water need, in gpm

250 or less2,268
300 to 5001,719
550 to 1,000160
1,050 to 2,00069
over 2,00016

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; 96% 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
Renaissance Home Forks	Personal care home	61 licensed capacity	Oct 2026
Easton Area MS	Public school	1,879 students	Jun 2025
Shawnee El Sch	Public school	567 students	Jun 2025
Forks El Sch	Public school	336 students	Jun 2025
Goddard School	Private school	12 students	Jun 2024 Check
Rcymca At Forks Township	Child care center	176 licensed capacity	Sep 2026
The Goddard School	Child care center	143 licensed capacity	Sep 2026
Creative Learning Center Of Forks	Child care center	103 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.

Forks Township Fire Department Station 25 - 1Record dated Dec 2020

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The board packet is a PDF built for Forks Township 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 $550, Free
Or 12 monthly payments: was $45.83 a monththe same total

*The first company in Northampton 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 $110,080, 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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