Burnet, Texas. Burnet County.

Burnet Volunteer Fire Department

6,520pre-plans, about one per building
11life-risk sites
148estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
178in the flood zone

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

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All volunteer department. 1 station. 16 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 Jun 2025.

Your first due by the numbers.

6,520pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Jun 2025

11life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimated

148buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated

178buildings 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.

126square miles of first duePublished by your countyAs of Jun 2025

About 9,463 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

Homes3,886
Farm buildings1,133
Mobile homes669
Businesses324
Sheds, utility and other226
Government and assembly123
Apartments and lodging102
Schools43
Industrial14

EstimatedBuilding records as of Jun 2025

Water need, in gpm

250 or less3,612
300 to 5001,953
550 to 1,000807
1,050 to 2,000104
over 2,00044

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
BURNET H S	Public school	946 students	Jun 2025
BURNET MIDDLE	Public school	711 students	Jun 2025
SHADY GROVE EL	Public school	570 students	Jun 2025
RJ RICHEY EL	Public school	510 students	Jun 2025
QUEST H S	Public school	35 students	Jun 2025
Shady Grove YMCA of Central Texas	Child care center	150 licensed capacity	Oct 2026
RJ Richey YMCA of Central Texas	Child care center	100 licensed capacity	Oct 2026
Bluebonnet Country Preschool	Child care center	68 licensed capacity	Oct 2026
SethBeth Inc dba Little Ones World	Child care center	64 licensed capacity	Oct 2026
Kids Kastle	Child care center	46 licensed capacity	Oct 2026
Burnet Early Head Start	Child care center	45 licensed capacity	Oct 2026

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.

Burnet Fire DepartmentRecord dated Mar 2015

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The board packet is a PDF built for Burnet Volunteer Fire Department: 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

Year one

Pay in full: was $2,300, Free
Or 12 monthly payments: was $191.67 a monththe same total

*The first company in Burnet County to sign up pays no setup fee. That spot is still open.

Each year after

$120 a year, one payment.

Half of one percent of $459,280, your average yearly spending on your last 3 IRS filings.

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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