FirePreplans

Ladysmith, Virginia. Caroline County.

Ladysmith Volunteer Fire Company (Caroline County Fire & Rescue)

  • 5,681pre-plans, about one per building
  • 8life-risk sites
  • 79estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 20in 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. 12 career firefighters.

Lewis and Clark Elementary, public schoolMadison Elementary, public schoolCountryside Children's Daycare Center, Inc. - Prosperity Way, child care centerMiss Alyson's, LLC, child care centerCaroline Family YMCA, child care centerCountryside Children's Daycare Center, Inc. (Allen Street), child care centerBeary Fun Daycare & Preschool LLC, child care centerMiss Alyson's, child care centerLadysmith Volunteer Fire Department Company 2Lewis and ClarkMadison Elem.CountrysideMiss Alyson'sCaroline Family YMCACountrysideSTATION2 miNLewis and Clark Elementary, public schoolMadison Elementary, public schoolCountryside Children's Daycare Center, Inc. - Prosperity Way, child care centerMiss Alyson's, LLC, child care centerCaroline Family YMCA, child care centerCountryside Children's Daycare Center, Inc. (Allen Street), child care centerBeary Fun Daycare & Preschool LLC, child care centerMiss Alyson's, child care centerLadysmith Volunteer Fire Department Company 2Lewis and ClarkMadison Elem.CountrysideMiss Alyson'sCaroline Family YMCAMiss Alyson'sSTATION5 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.

5,681pre-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
79buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
20buildings in the 100-year flood zone, mapped zones onlyEstimatedFlood maps as of Oct 2026
330hydrants mapped, covering about 54% of your buildingsHydrant maps as of Feb 2025
80square miles of first dueEstimated

About 12,176 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

  • Homes5,027
  • Mobile homes304
  • Businesses193
  • Sheds, utility and other106
  • Industrial20
  • Apartments and lodging13
  • Schools12
  • Farm buildings5
  • Government and assembly1
EstimatedBuilding records as of Jun 2025

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less2,929
  • 300 to 5002,276
  • 550 to 1,000397
  • 1,050 to 2,00056
  • over 2,00023
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
Lewis and Clark ElementaryPublic school1,009 studentsJun 2025
Madison ElementaryPublic school456 studentsJun 2025
Countryside Children's Daycare Center, Inc. - Prosperity WayChild care center184 licensed capacityJun 2026
Miss Alyson's, LLCChild care center170 licensed capacityJun 2026
Caroline Family YMCAChild care center150 licensed capacityJun 2026
Countryside Children's Daycare Center, Inc. (Allen Street)Child care center75 licensed capacityJun 2026
Beary Fun Daycare & Preschool LLCChild care center38 licensed capacityJun 2026
Miss Alyson'sChild care center31 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.

  • Ladysmith Volunteer Fire Department Company 2Record dated Nov 2024