FirePreplans

Northampton, Pennsylvania. Northampton County.

Northampton Fire Department

  • 3,077pre-plans, about one per building
  • 6life-risk sites
  • 78estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 87in 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.

3,077pre-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
78buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
87buildings 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.
3square miles of first dueEstimated

About 6,988 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

  • Homes2,657
  • Apartments and lodging165
  • Businesses92
  • Industrial78
  • Government and assembly37
  • Schools29
  • Sheds, utility and other9
  • Mobile homes6
  • Nursing homes and hospitals2
  • Farm buildings2
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less2,034
  • 300 to 500823
  • 550 to 1,000142
  • 1,050 to 2,00055
  • over 2,00023
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; 90% 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
Renaissance Home NorthamptonPersonal care home60 licensed capacityOct 2026
Northampton Area HSPublic school1,866 studentsJun 2025
Northampton Area MSPublic school1,175 studentsJun 2025
Colonel John Siegfried El SchPublic school808 studentsJun 2025
Catasauqua SHSPublic school467 studentsJun 2025
Childhood Dreams Daycare IncChild care center112 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.

  • Northampton Fire DepartmentRecord dated Jan 2025