FirePreplans

Ponder, Texas. Denton County.

Ponder Volunteer Fire Department, Inc.

  • 4,624pre-plans, about one per building
  • 6life-risk sites
  • 59estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 58in the flood zone

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

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All volunteer department. 1 station. 20 volunteer firefighters.

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PONDER EL, public schoolPONDER H S, public schoolPONDER J H, public schoolBrightest Beginnings Learning Center, child care centerBrightest Beginnings Learning Center, child care centerLittle Learners Christian Preschool, child care centerPonder Volunteer Fire DepartmentPonder ElPonder H SPonder J HBrightest BeginningsBrightest BeginningsLittle LearnersSTATION2 miNPONDER EL, public schoolPONDER H S, public schoolPONDER J H, public schoolBrightest Beginnings Learning Center, child care centerBrightest Beginnings Learning Center, child care centerLittle Learners Christian Preschool, child care centerPonder Volunteer Fire DepartmentPonder ElPonder H SPonder J HBrightest BeginningsBrightest BeginningsLittle 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.

4,624pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Jun 2025
6life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimated
59buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
58buildings 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.
55square miles of first dueEstimated

About 6,780 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

  • Homes2,085
  • Farm buildings1,127
  • Mobile homes871
  • Businesses244
  • Sheds, utility and other151
  • Government and assembly130
  • Apartments and lodging11
  • Schools4
  • Industrial1
EstimatedBuilding records as of Jun 2025

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less2,372
  • 300 to 5001,563
  • 550 to 1,000630
  • 1,050 to 2,00047
  • over 2,00012
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
PONDER ELPublic school773 studentsJun 2025
PONDER H SPublic school557 studentsJun 2025
PONDER J HPublic school389 studentsJun 2025
Brightest Beginnings Learning CenterChild care center99 licensed capacityOct 2026
Brightest Beginnings Learning CenterChild care center60 licensed capacityOct 2026
Little Learners Christian PreschoolChild care center24 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.

  • Ponder Volunteer Fire DepartmentRecord dated Mar 2022