FirePreplans

Big Spring, Texas. Howard County.

Howard County Volunteer Fire Department

  • 10,946pre-plans, about one per building
  • 6life-risk sites
  • 200estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 181in the flood zone

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

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All volunteer department. 6 stations. 28 volunteer firefighters.

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  • 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.

10,946pre-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
200buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
181buildings 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.
1,100square miles of first dueEstimated

About 10,956 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

  • Homes4,439
  • Sheds, utility and other2,807
  • Farm buildings1,747
  • Mobile homes1,169
  • Businesses598
  • Industrial123
  • Schools35
  • Apartments and lodging14
  • Government and assembly14
EstimatedBuilding records as of Jun 2025

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less7,282
  • 300 to 5002,350
  • 550 to 1,0001,114
  • 1,050 to 2,000163
  • over 2,00037
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
COAHOMA ELPublic school524 studentsJun 2025
FORSAN H SPublic school352 studentsJun 2025
FORSAN ELPublic school343 studentsJun 2025
COAHOMA H SPublic school317 studentsJun 2025
COAHOMA J HPublic school243 studentsJun 2025
Little Learners Christian DaycareChild care center30 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.

  • Howard County Volunteer Fire Department JonesboroRecord dated Nov 2020
  • Howard County Volunteer Fire Department LomaxRecord dated Nov 2020
  • Howard County Volunteer Fire Department TubbsRecord dated Jun 2019
  • Howard County Volunteer Fire Department KnottRecord dated Jan 2021
  • Howard County Volunteer Fire Department Sand SpringsRecord dated Feb 2017
  • Howard County Volunteer Fire Department ForsanRecord dated Jun 2019
  • Howard County Volunteer Fire Department CoahomaRecord dated Mar 2022
  • Howard County Volunteer Fire Department Silver HeelsRecord dated Nov 2020