FirePreplans

Bay City, Texas. Matagorda County.

Bay City Volunteer Fire Department

  • 9,663pre-plans, about one per building
  • 21life-risk sites
  • 319estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 1,299in the flood zone

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

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All volunteer department. 1 station. 46 volunteer firefighters.

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BAY CITY H S, public schoolTENIE HOLMES EL, public schoolBAY CITY J H, public schoolROBERTS EL, public schoolCHERRY EL, public schoolCreative Care - Bay City, child care centerAvir At Bay City, nursing homeTender Years Enrichment Learning Center II, child care centerBayCity Kids Academy, child care centerParadigm At Bay City, nursing homeSunshine And Rainbows, child care centerMatagorda Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, nursing homeLutheran Social Services of the South,DBA Upbring Head, child care centerDiscovering Minds Child Development Center, child care centeriCreate Child Development Center, child care centerYMCA at Linnie Roberts, child care centerYMCA at Cherry Elementary, child care centerYMCA at Tenie Holmes, child care centerHoly Cross School - Bay City, private schoolCye Christ Academy, private schoolMatagorda Regional Medical Center, hospitalBay City Volunteer Fire DepartmentBay City H STenie Holmes ElBay City J HRoberts ElCherry ElCreative Care - BayBayCity Kids AcademyParadigmMatagorda Nursing &Lutheran SocialiCreate ChildYMCASTATION5 miNBAY CITY H S, public schoolTENIE HOLMES EL, public schoolBAY CITY J H, public schoolROBERTS EL, public schoolCHERRY EL, public schoolCreative Care - Bay City, child care centerAvir At Bay City, nursing homeTender Years Enrichment Learning Center II, child care centerBayCity Kids Academy, child care centerParadigm At Bay City, nursing homeSunshine And Rainbows, child care centerMatagorda Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, nursing homeLutheran Social Services of the South,DBA Upbring Head, child care centerDiscovering Minds Child Development Center, child care centeriCreate Child Development Center, child care centerYMCA at Linnie Roberts, child care centerYMCA at Cherry Elementary, child care centerYMCA at Tenie Holmes, child care centerHoly Cross School - Bay City, private schoolCye Christ Academy, private schoolMatagorda Regional Medical Center, hospitalBay City Volunteer Fire DepartmentBay City H STenie Holmes ElBay City J HRoberts ElCherry ElCreative Care - BayMatagorda Nursing &Discovering MindsiCreate ChildYMCASTATION10 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.

9,663pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Jun 2025
21life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimatedCheck: list over 2 years old
319buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
1,299buildings 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.
147square miles of first dueEstimated

About 15,695 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

  • Homes6,134
  • Businesses1,285
  • Mobile homes616
  • Farm buildings564
  • Sheds, utility and other490
  • Apartments and lodging357
  • Industrial130
  • Schools56
  • Nursing homes and hospitals16
  • Government and assembly15
EstimatedBuilding records as of Jun 2025

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less4,665
  • 300 to 5003,295
  • 550 to 1,0001,384
  • 1,050 to 2,000247
  • over 2,00072
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
Avir At Bay CityNursing home120 bedsSep 2026
Paradigm At Bay CityNursing home105 bedsSep 2026
Matagorda Nursing & Rehabilitation CenterNursing home100 bedsSep 2026
Matagorda Regional Medical CenterHospitalAt setupNov 2017
BAY CITY H SPublic school1,042 studentsJun 2025
TENIE HOLMES ELPublic school763 studentsJun 2025
BAY CITY J HPublic school750 studentsJun 2025
ROBERTS ELPublic school486 studentsJun 2025
CHERRY ELPublic school432 studentsJun 2025
Holy Cross School - Bay CityPrivate school62 studentsJun 2024 Check
Cye Christ AcademyPrivate school5 studentsJun 2024 Check
Creative Care - Bay CityChild care center165 licensed capacityOct 2026
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Tender Years Enrichment Learning Center IIChild care center119 licensed capacityOct 2026
BayCity Kids AcademyChild care center113 licensed capacityOct 2026
Sunshine And RainbowsChild care center102 licensed capacityOct 2026
Lutheran Social Services of the South,DBA Upbring HeadChild care center90 licensed capacityOct 2026
Discovering Minds Child Development CenterChild care center82 licensed capacityOct 2026
iCreate Child Development CenterChild care center82 licensed capacityOct 2026
YMCA at Linnie RobertsChild care center75 licensed capacityOct 2026
YMCA at Cherry ElementaryChild care center75 licensed capacityOct 2026
YMCA at Tenie HolmesChild care center75 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.

  • Bay City Volunteer Fire DepartmentRecord dated Dec 2018