FirePreplans

Mcdowell, Virginia. Highland County.

McDowell Fire Company, Inc.

  • 931pre-plans, about one per building
  • 0life-risk sites
  • 26estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 56in the flood zone

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

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All volunteer department. 3 stations. 30 volunteer firefighters.

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  • Your first due
  • Stations
Your first due, estimated by road distance from your stations. Your officers set the real lines in setup.

Your first due by the numbers.

931pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Jun 2025
0life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimated
26buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
56buildings 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.
152square miles of first dueEstimated

About 723 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

  • Homes664
  • Sheds, utility and other161
  • Mobile homes62
  • Government and assembly28
  • Apartments and lodging7
  • Businesses6
  • Farm buildings3
EstimatedBuilding records as of Jun 2025

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less550
  • 300 to 500288
  • 550 to 1,00067
  • 1,050 to 2,00017
  • over 2,0009
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.

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.

  • McDowell Volunteer Fire DepartmentRecord dated Feb 2022
  • McDowell Volunteer Fire Department Station 4Record dated Jul 2025
  • McDowell Volunteer Fire Department Station 3Record dated Jun 2025