FirePreplans

Buffalo, South Carolina. Union County.

Buffalo Volunteer Fire Department

  • 3,031pre-plans, about one per building
  • 1life-risk sites
  • 32estimated 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. 2 stations. 27 volunteer firefighters.

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  • Your first due
  • Stations
  • Life-risk sites
Your first due from your county's published response areas, as of Feb 2025.

Your first due by the numbers.

3,031pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Jun 2025
1life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimated
32buildings 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.
140hydrants mapped, covering about 58% of your buildingsHydrant maps as of Jan 2026
64square miles of first duePublished by your countyAs of Feb 2025

About 5,245 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

  • Homes2,245
  • Mobile homes376
  • Businesses134
  • Farm buildings129
  • Sheds, utility and other87
  • Government and assembly34
  • Industrial16
  • Schools9
  • Nursing homes and hospitals1
EstimatedBuilding records as of Jun 2025

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less1,766
  • 300 to 5001,006
  • 550 to 1,000227
  • 1,050 to 2,00017
  • over 2,00015
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
Buffalo ElementaryPublic school483 studentsJun 2025

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.

  • Buffalo Volunteer Fire DepartmentRecord dated Jun 2018