FirePreplans

Mathews, Virginia. Mathews County.

Mathews Volunteer Fire Department, Inc.

  • 9,242pre-plans, about one per building
  • 4life-risk sites
  • 71estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 3,119in the flood zone

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

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All volunteer department. 5 stations. 75 volunteer firefighters.

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Mathews High, public schoolMathews Elementary, public schoolThomas Hunter Middle, public schoolRiverside Lifelong Health And Rehabilitation - M, nursing homeMathews Volunteer Fire Department Station 3Mathews Volunteer Fire Department Station 1Mathews Volunteer Fire Department Station 5Mathews Volunteer Fire Department Station 4Mathews Volunteer Fire Department Station 2Mathews HighMathews Elem.Thomas Hunter MiddleRiverside LifelongSTATION 3STATION 1STATION 5STATION 4STATION 25 miNMathews High, public schoolMathews Elementary, public schoolThomas Hunter Middle, public schoolRiverside Lifelong Health And Rehabilitation - M, nursing homeMathews Volunteer Fire Department Station 3Mathews Volunteer Fire Department Station 1Mathews Volunteer Fire Department Station 5Mathews Volunteer Fire Department Station 4Mathews Volunteer Fire Department Station 2Mathews HighMathews Elem.Thomas Hunter MiddleSTATION 3STATION 1STATION 5STATION 4STATION 25 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.

9,242pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Jun 2025
4life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimated
71buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
3,119buildings 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.
101square miles of first dueEstimated

About 10,594 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

  • Homes7,808
  • Sheds, utility and other640
  • Businesses376
  • Farm buildings351
  • Schools46
  • Mobile homes10
  • Government and assembly6
  • Nursing homes and hospitals3
  • Apartments and lodging1
  • Industrial1
EstimatedBuilding records as of Jun 2025

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less5,067
  • 300 to 5003,169
  • 550 to 1,000935
  • 1,050 to 2,00052
  • over 2,00019
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
Riverside Lifelong Health And Rehabilitation - MNursing home60 bedsSep 2026
Mathews HighPublic school333 studentsJun 2025
Mathews ElementaryPublic school281 studentsJun 2025
Thomas Hunter MiddlePublic school176 studentsJun 2025

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.

  • Mathews Volunteer Fire Department Station 3Record dated Apr 2025
  • Mathews Volunteer Fire Department Station 1Record dated Jul 2022
  • Mathews Volunteer Fire Department Station 5Record dated Apr 2025
  • Mathews Volunteer Fire Department Station 4Record dated Jul 2022
  • Mathews Volunteer Fire Department Station 2Record dated Apr 2025