FirePreplans

Gilmer, Texas. Upshur County.

Gilmer Fire Department

  • 7,311pre-plans, about one per building
  • 11life-risk sites
  • 133estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 90in the flood zone

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

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Mostly volunteer department. 1 station. 30 volunteer firefighters. 7 career firefighters.

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  • Your first due
  • Stations
  • Life-risk sites
Your first due from your county's published response areas, as of Oct 2026.

Your first due by the numbers.

7,311pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Jun 2025
11life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimated
133buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
90buildings 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.
125square miles of first duePublished by your countyAs of Oct 2026

About 7,248 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

  • Homes2,568
  • Sheds, utility and other2,529
  • Farm buildings836
  • Businesses649
  • Mobile homes423
  • Apartments and lodging179
  • Industrial64
  • Government and assembly36
  • Schools22
  • Nursing homes and hospitals5
EstimatedBuilding records as of Jun 2025

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less4,661
  • 300 to 5001,805
  • 550 to 1,000712
  • 1,050 to 2,00096
  • 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
Focused Care Of GilmerNursing home112 bedsSep 2026
Gilmer Nursing & RehabilitationNursing home93 bedsSep 2026
GILMER ELPublic school1,042 studentsJun 2025
GILMER H SPublic school895 studentsJun 2025
GILMER INTPublic school425 studentsJun 2025
BRUCE J HPublic school419 studentsJun 2025
GILMER EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTERPublic school165 studentsJun 2025
First Baptist Church CDCChild care center227 licensed capacityOct 2026
Gilmer KinderCareChild care center159 licensed capacityOct 2026
Bright Beginnings Lighthouse Christian AcademyChild care center51 licensed capacityOct 2026
Little House Pre-KChild care center17 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.

  • Texas Forest Service Gilmer Fire StationRecord dated Aug 2017
  • Gilmer Fire DepartmentRecord dated Aug 2020