FirePreplans

Ararat, Virginia. Patrick County.

Ararat Volunteer Fire Department

  • 2,742pre-plans, about one per building
  • 1life-risk sites
  • 12estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 13in the flood zone

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

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All volunteer department. 2 stations. 26 volunteer firefighters.

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  • Your first due
  • Stations
  • Life-risk sites
Your first due from your county's published response areas, as of Jul 2026.

Your first due by the numbers.

2,742pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Jun 2025
1life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimated
12buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
13buildings 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.
55square miles of first duePublished by your countyAs of Jul 2026

About 2,422 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

  • Homes1,570
  • Sheds, utility and other612
  • Farm buildings480
  • Businesses29
  • Government and assembly25
  • Apartments and lodging22
  • Schools2
  • Mobile homes1
  • Nursing homes and hospitals1
EstimatedBuilding records as of Jun 2025

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less1,840
  • 300 to 500751
  • 550 to 1,000139
  • 1,050 to 2,0009
  • over 2,0003
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
Blue Ridge ElementaryPublic school223 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.

  • Ararat Volunteer Fire Department Station 2Record dated Oct 2024
  • Ararat Volunteer Fire Department Station A HeadquartersRecord dated Apr 2015