FirePreplans

Ballinger, Texas. Runnels County.

Ballinger Fire Department

  • 5,156pre-plans, about one per building
  • 8life-risk sites
  • 98estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 0in the flood zone

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

See a sample pre-plan

Mostly volunteer department. 1 station. 24 volunteer firefighters. 1 career firefighters.

BALLINGER EL, public schoolBALLINGER H S, public schoolBALLINGER J H, public schoolCentral Texas Nursing & Rehabilitation, nursing homeBallinger Healthcare And Rehabilitation Center, nursing homeLil' Bearcats Daycare, child care centerCuddlebugs Day Care, child care centerBallinger Memorial Hospital, hospitalBallinger Fire DepartmentBallinger ElBallinger H SBallinger J HCentral TexasBallinger HealthcareCuddlebugs Day CareSTATION5 miNBALLINGER EL, public schoolBALLINGER H S, public schoolBALLINGER J H, public schoolCentral Texas Nursing & Rehabilitation, nursing homeBallinger Healthcare And Rehabilitation Center, nursing homeLil' Bearcats Daycare, child care centerCuddlebugs Day Care, child care centerBallinger Memorial Hospital, hospitalBallinger Fire DepartmentBallinger ElBallinger H SBallinger J HCentral TexasBallinger HealthcareCuddlebugs Day CareSTATION10 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.

5,156pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Jun 2025
8life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimated
98buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
0buildings 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.
486square miles of first dueEstimated

About 5,994 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

  • Homes2,865
  • Sheds, utility and other1,074
  • Farm buildings739
  • Businesses264
  • Mobile homes138
  • Apartments and lodging51
  • Industrial8
  • Government and assembly6
  • Nursing homes and hospitals6
  • Schools5
EstimatedBuilding records as of Jun 2025

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less3,191
  • 300 to 5001,412
  • 550 to 1,000455
  • 1,050 to 2,00067
  • over 2,00031
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
Central Texas Nursing & RehabilitationNursing home118 bedsSep 2026
Ballinger Healthcare And Rehabilitation CenterNursing home114 bedsSep 2026
Ballinger Memorial HospitalHospitalAt setupNov 2018
BALLINGER ELPublic school377 studentsJun 2025
BALLINGER H SPublic school231 studentsJun 2025
BALLINGER J HPublic school164 studentsJun 2025
Lil' Bearcats DaycareChild care center41 licensed capacityOct 2026
Cuddlebugs Day CareChild care center21 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.

  • Ballinger Fire DepartmentRecord dated Nov 2018