FirePreplans

Blue Ridge, Virginia. Botetourt County.

Blue Ridge Volunteer Fire Department & Rescue Squad, Inc.

  • 3,435pre-plans, about one per building
  • 3life-risk sites
  • 23estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 88in the flood zone

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

See a sample pre-plan

All volunteer department. 1 station. 23 volunteer firefighters.

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  • Your first due
  • Stations
  • Life-risk sites
Your first due from your county's published response areas, as of Feb 2025.

Your first due by the numbers.

3,435pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Jun 2025
3life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimated
23buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
88buildings in the 100-year flood zone, mapped zones onlyEstimatedFlood maps as of Oct 2026
101hydrants mapped, covering about 70% of your buildingsHydrant maps as of Feb 2025
21square miles of first duePublished by your countyAs of Feb 2025

About 7,777 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

  • Homes3,051
  • Sheds, utility and other229
  • Mobile homes114
  • Apartments and lodging14
  • Industrial12
  • Government and assembly11
  • Schools3
  • Farm buildings1
EstimatedBuilding records as of Jun 2025

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less1,361
  • 300 to 5001,700
  • 550 to 1,000351
  • 1,050 to 2,00015
  • over 2,0008
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
Colonial ElementaryPublic school439 studentsJun 2025
Roanoke Valley Juvenile Detention HomePublic schoolAt setupJun 2025
Children's Nest Learning Center, LLCChild care center89 licensed capacityJun 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.

  • Blue Ridge Volunteer Fire and RescueRecord dated Aug 2022