New Shoreham, Rhode Island. washington County.

Block Island Volunteer Fire and Rescue

2,237pre-plans, about one per building
3life-risk sites
15estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
At setupin 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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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.

2,237pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026

3life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimatedCheck: list over 2 years old

15buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated

At setupbuildings in the 100-year flood zone. We read the flood map for your area when you set up, and every card shows its zone.

At setuphydrants. Send your hydrant list or map in any form, or mark them in setup, and every card plans its water from them.

11square miles of first dueEstimated

About 60 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

Homes1,327
Apartments and lodging654
Businesses160
Government and assembly63
Farm buildings16
Sheds, utility and other10
Industrial6
Schools1

EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026

Water need, in gpm

250 or less1,118
300 to 500926
550 to 1,000178
1,050 to 2,00013
over 2,0002

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; your officers can set heights in setup.

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
Block Island Medical Center	Hospital	At setup	Sep 2020
Block Island School	Public school	126 students	Jun 2025
Block Island Early Learning Center	Child care center	38 licensed capacity	Feb 2020 Check

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.

Block Island Fire and Rescue StationRecord dated Jan 2018

Take it to your board.

The board packet is a PDF built for Block Island Volunteer Fire and Rescue: 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

Your setup is half of one percent of one year's spending, from your department's public IRS filing when it files one. Fire districts and town departments do not file with the IRS, so for them we use the typical spending for a first due their size.

The founding spot for washington County is open. The first company in the county to sign up gets half off its setup fee.

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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