FirePreplans

Pickens, South Carolina. Pickens County.

Pickens Fire Department

  • 10,881pre-plans, about one per building
  • 10life-risk sites
  • 170estimated 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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Mostly volunteer department. 1 station. 3 career firefighters.

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Pickens High, public schoolHagood Elementary, public schoolPickens Middle, public schoolPickens Elementary, public schoolYouth Leadership Academy, public schoolManna Post Acute, nursing homeLakeview Christian School, private schoolSummit Academy, public schoolMissionary Christian School, private schoolAnMed Health Cannon Hospital, hospitalPickens Rural Fire DepartmentPickens Fire DepartmentPickens HighHagood Elem.Pickens MiddlePickens Elem.Youth LeadershipLakeview ChristianSummit AcademyAnMed Health CannonSTATIONSTATION2 miNPickens High, public schoolHagood Elementary, public schoolPickens Middle, public schoolPickens Elementary, public schoolYouth Leadership Academy, public schoolManna Post Acute, nursing homeLakeview Christian School, private schoolSummit Academy, public schoolMissionary Christian School, private schoolAnMed Health Cannon Hospital, hospitalPickens Rural Fire DepartmentPickens Fire DepartmentPickens HighHagood Elem.Pickens MiddlePickens Elem.Youth LeadershipLakeview ChristianSummit AcademySTATIONSTATION5 miN
  • 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.

10,881pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Jun 2025
10life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimatedCheck: list over 2 years old
170buildings 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.
70square miles of first dueEstimated

About 18,713 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

  • Homes7,255
  • Mobile homes1,943
  • Sheds, utility and other1,074
  • Businesses423
  • Apartments and lodging79
  • Government and assembly39
  • Schools34
  • Industrial29
  • Nursing homes and hospitals5
EstimatedBuilding records as of Jun 2025

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less5,332
  • 300 to 5003,576
  • 550 to 1,0001,803
  • 1,050 to 2,000120
  • over 2,00050
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.

NameTypeSizeList as of
Manna Post AcuteNursing home130 bedsSep 2026
AnMed Health Cannon HospitalHospitalAt setupNov 2018
Pickens HighPublic school1,226 studentsJun 2025
Hagood ElementaryPublic school567 studentsJun 2025
Pickens MiddlePublic school566 studentsJun 2025
Pickens ElementaryPublic school493 studentsJun 2025
Youth Leadership AcademyPublic school290 studentsJun 2025
Summit AcademyPublic school59 studentsJun 2025
Lakeview Christian SchoolPrivate school122 studentsJun 2024 Check
Missionary Christian SchoolPrivate school55 studentsJun 2024 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.

  • Pickens Rural Fire DepartmentRecord dated Aug 2022
  • Pickens Fire DepartmentRecord dated Nov 2018