FirePreplans

Columbus, Texas. Colorado County.

Columbus Volunteer Fire Department

  • 5,179pre-plans, about one per building
  • 11life-risk sites
  • 105estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 771in the flood zone

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

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All volunteer department. 1 station. 40 volunteer firefighters.

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COLUMBUS EL, public schoolCOLUMBUS H S, public schoolCOLUMBUS J H, public schoolSt Anthony School, private schoolLil' Einstein Learning Center, child care centerColumbus Oaks Healthcare Community, nursing homeTrucare Living Centers-Columbus, nursing homeLil Einstein Learning Center, child care centerA Brighter Day Child Care Center, child care centerCOLUMBUS CROSSING H S, public schoolColumbus Community Hospital, hospitalColumbus Volunteer Fire DepartmentColumbus ElColumbus H SColumbus J HSt Anthony SchoolLil' EinsteinColumbus OaksTrucare LivingColumbus CommunitySTATION5 miNCOLUMBUS EL, public schoolCOLUMBUS H S, public schoolCOLUMBUS J H, public schoolSt Anthony School, private schoolLil' Einstein Learning Center, child care centerColumbus Oaks Healthcare Community, nursing homeTrucare Living Centers-Columbus, nursing homeLil Einstein Learning Center, child care centerA Brighter Day Child Care Center, child care centerCOLUMBUS CROSSING H S, public schoolColumbus Community Hospital, hospitalColumbus Volunteer Fire DepartmentColumbus ElColumbus H SColumbus J HSt Anthony SchoolLil' EinsteinColumbus OaksTrucare LivingSTATION5 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.

5,179pre-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 caresEstimatedCheck: list over 2 years old
105buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
771buildings 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.
154square miles of first dueEstimated

About 5,681 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

  • Homes2,663
  • Farm buildings1,195
  • Businesses560
  • Sheds, utility and other342
  • Mobile homes328
  • Apartments and lodging48
  • Schools28
  • Government and assembly7
  • Industrial4
  • Nursing homes and hospitals4
EstimatedBuilding records as of Jun 2025

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less3,216
  • 300 to 5001,303
  • 550 to 1,000555
  • 1,050 to 2,00075
  • over 2,00030
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
Columbus Oaks Healthcare CommunityNursing home137 bedsSep 2026
Trucare Living Centers-ColumbusNursing home104 bedsSep 2026
Columbus Community HospitalHospitalAt setupAug 2016
COLUMBUS ELPublic school798 studentsJun 2025
COLUMBUS H SPublic school524 studentsJun 2025
COLUMBUS J HPublic school323 studentsJun 2025
COLUMBUS CROSSING H SPublic school14 studentsJun 2025
St Anthony SchoolPrivate school191 studentsJun 2024 Check
Lil' Einstein Learning CenterChild care center178 licensed capacityOct 2026
Lil Einstein Learning CenterChild care center77 licensed capacityOct 2026
A Brighter Day Child Care CenterChild care center68 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.

  • Columbus Volunteer Fire DepartmentRecord dated Apr 2022