FirePreplans

Highlands, Texas. Harris County.

Highlands Volunteer Fire Department

  • 7,169pre-plans, about one per building
  • 7life-risk sites
  • 62estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 1,214in the flood zone

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

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All volunteer department. 2 stations. 70 volunteer firefighters.

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HIGHLANDS J H, public schoolHIGHLANDS EL, public schoolHOPPER PRI, public schoolChinquapin Preparatory School, private schoolFirst Baptist Child Care Center, child care centerPOINT ALTERNATIVE CENTER, public schoolBuilding Blocks, child care centerHighlands Volunteer Fire Department Station 27Highlands Volunteer Fire Department Station 17Highlands J HHighlands ElHopper PriChinquapinFirst Baptist ChildPoint AlternativeSTATION 27STATION 172 miNHIGHLANDS J H, public schoolHIGHLANDS EL, public schoolHOPPER PRI, public schoolChinquapin Preparatory School, private schoolFirst Baptist Child Care Center, child care centerPOINT ALTERNATIVE CENTER, public schoolBuilding Blocks, child care centerHighlands Volunteer Fire Department Station 27Highlands Volunteer Fire Department Station 17Highlands J HHighlands ElHopper PriChinquapinFirst Baptist ChildPoint AlternativeSTATION 27STATION 175 miN
  • Your first due
  • Stations
  • Life-risk sites
Your first due from your county's published response areas, as of Apr 2026.

Your first due by the numbers.

7,169pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Jun 2025
7life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimatedCheck: list over 2 years old
62buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
1,214buildings 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.
22square miles of first duePublished by your countyAs of Apr 2026

About 13,887 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

  • Homes5,208
  • Mobile homes930
  • Businesses333
  • Sheds, utility and other290
  • Industrial153
  • Government and assembly141
  • Farm buildings52
  • Apartments and lodging30
  • Schools30
  • Nursing homes and hospitals2
EstimatedBuilding records as of Jun 2025

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less5,719
  • 300 to 5001,209
  • 550 to 1,000179
  • 1,050 to 2,00044
  • over 2,00018
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; 79% of your buildings have a recorded height.

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
HIGHLANDS J HPublic school885 studentsJun 2025
HIGHLANDS ELPublic school868 studentsJun 2025
HOPPER PRIPublic school239 studentsJun 2025
POINT ALTERNATIVE CENTERPublic school96 studentsJun 2025
Chinquapin Preparatory SchoolPrivate school124 studentsJun 2024 Check
First Baptist Child Care CenterChild care center123 licensed capacityOct 2026
Building BlocksChild care center56 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.

  • Highlands Volunteer Fire Department Station 27Record dated Dec 2020
  • Highlands Volunteer Fire Department Station 17Record dated Dec 2020