FirePreplans

Christiansburg, Virginia. Montgomery County.

Christiansburg Fire Department

  • 9,353pre-plans, about one per building
  • 8life-risk sites
  • 351estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 89in the flood zone

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

See a sample pre-plan

Mostly volunteer department. 1 station. 40 volunteer firefighters. 2 career firefighters.

Christiansburg High, public schoolChristiansburg Middle, public schoolChristiansburg Elementary, public schoolChristiansburg Primary, public schoolHeart n Hand Early Learning Center - Uptown, child care centerOpen Arms Inc., child care centerNew River Valley Juvenile Detention Home, public schoolMontgomery Central, public schoolChristiansburg Volunteer Fire DepartmentChristiansburg HighChristiansburgChristiansburg Elem.ChristiansburgHeart n Hand EarlyOpen Arms Inc.New River ValleyMontgomery CentralSTATION2 miNChristiansburg High, public schoolChristiansburg Middle, public schoolChristiansburg Elementary, public schoolChristiansburg Primary, public schoolHeart n Hand Early Learning Center - Uptown, child care centerOpen Arms Inc., child care centerNew River Valley Juvenile Detention Home, public schoolMontgomery Central, public schoolChristiansburg Volunteer Fire DepartmentChristiansburg HighChristiansburgChristiansburg Elem.ChristiansburgHeart n Hand EarlyOpen Arms Inc.New River ValleyMontgomery CentralSTATION2 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.

9,353pre-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
351buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
89buildings 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.
37square miles of first dueEstimated

About 16,048 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

  • Homes6,904
  • Businesses959
  • Mobile homes485
  • Farm buildings300
  • Sheds, utility and other256
  • Government and assembly203
  • Apartments and lodging166
  • Schools75
  • Nursing homes and hospitals3
  • Industrial2
EstimatedBuilding records as of Jun 2025

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less3,894
  • 300 to 5003,786
  • 550 to 1,0001,322
  • 1,050 to 2,000236
  • over 2,000115
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
Christiansburg HighPublic school1,072 studentsJun 2025
Christiansburg MiddlePublic school778 studentsJun 2025
Christiansburg ElementaryPublic school401 studentsJun 2025
Christiansburg PrimaryPublic school346 studentsJun 2025
New River Valley Juvenile Detention HomePublic schoolAt setupJun 2025
Montgomery CentralPublic schoolAt setupJun 2025
Heart n Hand Early Learning Center - UptownChild care center200 licensed capacityJun 2026
Open Arms Inc.Child care center112 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.

  • Christiansburg Volunteer Fire DepartmentRecord dated Oct 2024