FirePreplans

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Allegheny County.

PENN HILLS #3 VFD - North Bessemer Community Volunteer Fire Assn

  • 1,909pre-plans, about one per building
  • 0life-risk sites
  • 16estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 43in the flood zone

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

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All volunteer department. 1 station.

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North Bessemer Fire Department - Station 223STATION 2231 miNNorth Bessemer Fire Department - Station 223STATION 2231 miN
  • Your first due
  • Stations
Your first due, estimated by road distance from your stations. Your officers set the real lines in setup.

Your first due by the numbers.

1,909pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025
0life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimated
16buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
43buildings 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.
5square miles of first dueEstimated

About 4,959 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

  • Homes1,631
  • Apartments and lodging85
  • Businesses75
  • Farm buildings33
  • Mobile homes27
  • Government and assembly26
  • Industrial23
  • Sheds, utility and other6
  • Schools3
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less1,547
  • 300 to 500295
  • 550 to 1,00051
  • 1,050 to 2,0009
  • over 2,0007
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; 85% 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.

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.

  • North Bessemer Fire Department - Station 223Record dated Feb 2023