FirePreplans

Rapid City, South Dakota. Pennington County.

Rapid Valley Fire Department

  • 8,022pre-plans, about one per building
  • 4life-risk sites
  • 140estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • At setupin the flood zone

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

See a sample pre-plan

All volunteer department. 1 station. 42 volunteer firefighters.

East Middle School - 30, public schoolValley View Elementary - 13, public schoolRapid Valley Elementary - 12, public schoolRapid City Seventh-Day Adventist Elementary School, private schoolRapid Valley Volunteer Fire DepartmentEast Middle - 30Valley View Elem. -Rapid Valley Elem. -Rapid CitySTATION5 miNEast Middle School - 30, public schoolValley View Elementary - 13, public schoolRapid Valley Elementary - 12, public schoolRapid City Seventh-Day Adventist Elementary School, private schoolRapid Valley Volunteer Fire DepartmentEast Middle - 30Rapid Valley Elem. -Rapid CitySTATION5 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.

8,022pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026
4life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimatedCheck: list over 2 years old
140buildings 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.
69square miles of first dueEstimated

About 19,315 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

  • Homes5,756
  • Mobile homes1,785
  • Apartments and lodging245
  • Businesses115
  • Sheds, utility and other87
  • Schools13
  • Industrial12
  • Government and assembly9
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less3,512
  • 300 to 5003,652
  • 550 to 1,000718
  • 1,050 to 2,000100
  • over 2,00040
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
East Middle School - 30Public school613 studentsJun 2025
Valley View Elementary - 13Public school605 studentsJun 2025
Rapid Valley Elementary - 12Public school486 studentsJun 2025
Rapid City Seventh-Day Adventist Elementary SchoolPrivate school18 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.

  • Rapid Valley Volunteer Fire DepartmentRecord dated Aug 2016