FirePreplans

Benton, Tennessee. Polk County.

West Polk County Fire & Rescue

  • 10,545pre-plans, about one per building
  • 6life-risk sites
  • 294estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 268in the flood zone

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

See a sample pre-plan

All volunteer department. 7 stations. 75 volunteer firefighters.

Get the board packetSign up
Benton Elementary, public schoolPolk County High School, public schoolSouth Polk Elementary, public schoolChilhowee Middle School, public schoolPolk Innovative Learning Academy, public schoolFRA-Ocoee Head Start, child care centerWest Polk County Fire and Rescue Station 4West Polk County Fire and Rescue Station 3West Polk County Fire and RescueWest Polk County Fire and Rescue Station 7West Polk County Fire and Rescue Station 2West Polk County Fire and Rescue Station 6West Polk County Fire and Rescue Station 5Benton Elem.Polk County HighSouth Polk Elem.Chilhowee MiddlePolk InnovativeFRA-Ocoee Head StartSTATION 4STATION 3STATIONSTATION 7STATION 2STATION 6STATION 55 miNBenton Elementary, public schoolPolk County High School, public schoolSouth Polk Elementary, public schoolChilhowee Middle School, public schoolPolk Innovative Learning Academy, public schoolFRA-Ocoee Head Start, child care centerWest Polk County Fire and Rescue Station 4West Polk County Fire and Rescue Station 3West Polk County Fire and RescueWest Polk County Fire and Rescue Station 7West Polk County Fire and Rescue Station 2West Polk County Fire and Rescue Station 6West Polk County Fire and Rescue Station 5Benton Elem.Polk County HighSouth Polk Elem.STATION 4STATION 3STATIONSTATION 7STATION 2STATION 6STATION 510 miN
  • Your first due
  • Stations
  • Life-risk sites
Your first due from your county's published response areas, as of Oct 2026.

Your first due by the numbers.

10,545pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026
6life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimated
294buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
268buildings 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.
276square miles of first duePublished by your countyAs of Oct 2026

About 20,509 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

  • Homes7,857
  • Mobile homes1,887
  • Farm buildings230
  • Businesses145
  • Government and assembly138
  • Apartments and lodging135
  • Sheds, utility and other56
  • Industrial53
  • Schools44
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less6,069
  • 300 to 5003,109
  • 550 to 1,0001,073
  • 1,050 to 2,000155
  • over 2,000139
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
Benton ElementaryPublic school421 studentsJun 2025
Polk County High SchoolPublic school400 studentsJun 2025
South Polk ElementaryPublic school347 studentsJun 2025
Chilhowee Middle SchoolPublic school293 studentsJun 2025
Polk Innovative Learning AcademyPublic school147 studentsJun 2025
FRA-Ocoee Head StartChild care center20 licensed capacityAug 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.

  • West Polk County Fire and Rescue Station 4Record dated Apr 2021
  • West Polk County Fire and Rescue Station 3Record dated Apr 2021
  • West Polk County Fire and RescueRecord dated Mar 2021
  • West Polk County Fire and Rescue Station 7Record dated Apr 2021
  • West Polk County Fire and Rescue Station 2Record dated Jan 2021
  • West Polk County Fire and Rescue Station 6Record dated Apr 2021
  • West Polk County Fire and Rescue Station 5Record dated Apr 2021