FirePreplans

Tappahannock, Virginia. Essex County.

Tappahannock-Essex Volunteer Fire Department

  • 8,841pre-plans, about one per building
  • 12life-risk sites
  • 158estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 417in the flood zone

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

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All volunteer department. 3 stations. 50 volunteer firefighters.

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Tappahannock Elementary, public schoolEssex High, public schoolJames H. Cary Intermediate, public schoolMount Landing Children's Center, child care centerTender Care Children's Center, child care centerSt Margaret's School, private schoolSt Margarets School, private schoolCarrington Place Of Tappahannock, nursing homeBlossoms Childcare Center, child care centerTappahannock Junior Academy, private schoolVCU Health Tappahannock Hospital, hospitalChesapeake Bay Governor's School, public schoolTappahannock - Essex Volunteer Fire Department Station 1Tappahannock - Essex Volunteer Fire Department Station 3Tappahannock - Essex Volunteer Fire Department Station 2Tappahannock Elem.Essex HighJames H. CaryMount LandingTender CareSt Margaret's SchoolCarrington PlaceBlossoms ChildcareTappahannock JuniorVCU HealthSTATION 1STATION 3STATION 210 miNTappahannock Elementary, public schoolEssex High, public schoolJames H. Cary Intermediate, public schoolMount Landing Children's Center, child care centerTender Care Children's Center, child care centerSt Margaret's School, private schoolSt Margarets School, private schoolCarrington Place Of Tappahannock, nursing homeBlossoms Childcare Center, child care centerTappahannock Junior Academy, private schoolVCU Health Tappahannock Hospital, hospitalChesapeake Bay Governor's School, public schoolTappahannock - Essex Volunteer Fire Department Station 1Tappahannock - Essex Volunteer Fire Department Station 3Tappahannock - Essex Volunteer Fire Department Station 2Tappahannock Elem.Essex HighJames H. CaryMount LandingTender CareBlossoms ChildcareTappahannock JuniorSTATION 1STATION 3STATION 210 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.

8,841pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Jun 2025
12life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimatedCheck: list over 2 years old
158buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
417buildings 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.
266square miles of first dueEstimated

About 13,459 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

  • Homes6,664
  • Mobile homes838
  • Sheds, utility and other637
  • Businesses413
  • Industrial82
  • Apartments and lodging80
  • Government and assembly79
  • Schools31
  • Farm buildings12
  • Nursing homes and hospitals5
EstimatedBuilding records as of Jun 2025

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less4,466
  • 300 to 5003,350
  • 550 to 1,000867
  • 1,050 to 2,000118
  • over 2,00040
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
Carrington Place Of TappahannockNursing home60 bedsSep 2026
VCU Health Tappahannock HospitalHospitalAt setupJan 2025
Tappahannock ElementaryPublic school400 studentsJun 2025
Essex HighPublic school393 studentsJun 2025
James H. Cary IntermediatePublic school299 studentsJun 2025
Chesapeake Bay Governor's SchoolPublic schoolAt setupJun 2025
St Margaret's SchoolPrivate school68 studentsJun 2024 Check
St Margarets SchoolPrivate school66 studentsJun 2024 Check
Tappahannock Junior AcademyPrivate school24 studentsJun 2024 Check
Mount Landing Children's CenterChild care center100 licensed capacityJun 2026
Tender Care Children's CenterChild care center82 licensed capacityJun 2026
Blossoms Childcare CenterChild care center50 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.

  • Tappahannock - Essex Volunteer Fire Department Station 1Record dated Apr 2019
  • Tappahannock - Essex Volunteer Fire Department Station 3Record dated Apr 2019
  • Tappahannock - Essex Volunteer Fire Department Station 2Record dated Apr 2019