FirePreplans

Port Isabel, Texas. Cameron County.

Port Isabel Volunteer Fire Department

  • 2,525pre-plans, about one per building
  • 5life-risk sites
  • 123estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 1,440in the flood zone

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

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Mostly volunteer department. 1 station. 14 volunteer firefighters. 1 career firefighters.

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PORT ISABEL EARLY COLLEGE H S, public schoolGARRIGA EL, public schoolPORT ISABEL J H, public schoolDERRY EL, public schoolLittle Learners Academy, child care centerPort Isabel Fire DepartmentPort Isabel EarlyGarriga ElPort Isabel J HDerry ElLittle LearnersSTATION2 miNPORT ISABEL EARLY COLLEGE H S, public schoolGARRIGA EL, public schoolPORT ISABEL J H, public schoolDERRY EL, public schoolLittle Learners Academy, child care centerPort Isabel Fire DepartmentPort Isabel EarlyGarriga ElPort Isabel J HDerry ElLittle LearnersSTATION5 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.

2,525pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Jun 2025
5life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimated
123buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
1,440buildings 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.
35square miles of first dueEstimated

About 3,463 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

  • Homes1,702
  • Businesses276
  • Sheds, utility and other195
  • Apartments and lodging140
  • Mobile homes130
  • Schools53
  • Industrial20
  • Government and assembly5
  • Farm buildings4
EstimatedBuilding records as of Jun 2025

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less1,312
  • 300 to 500847
  • 550 to 1,000243
  • 1,050 to 2,00091
  • over 2,00032
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
PORT ISABEL EARLY COLLEGE H SPublic school585 studentsJun 2025
GARRIGA ELPublic school410 studentsJun 2025
PORT ISABEL J HPublic school396 studentsJun 2025
DERRY ELPublic school392 studentsJun 2025
Little Learners AcademyChild care center39 licensed capacityOct 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.

  • Port Isabel Fire DepartmentRecord dated Sep 2018