FirePreplans

Powhatan, Virginia. Powhatan County.

Powhatan County Fire Department

  • 7,469pre-plans, about one per building
  • 7life-risk sites
  • 111estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 19in the flood zone

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

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All volunteer department. 5 stations. 130 volunteer firefighters.

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Powhatan Middle, public schoolPocahontas Elementary, public schoolPowhatan Elementary, public schoolBlessed Sacrament Huguenot Catholic School, private schoolCherry Tree Academy, child care centerAppleTree Preschool, child care centerProject Return/Powhatan Co, public schoolPowhatan County Fire Department Company 5 - Deep Creek Volunteer FirePowhatan County Fire Department Company 1 - Powhatan Volunteer Fire DepartmentPowhatan MiddlePocahontas Elem.Powhatan Elem.Blessed SacramentCherry Tree AcademyAppleTree PreschoolProjectSTATIONSTATION5 miNPowhatan Middle, public schoolPocahontas Elementary, public schoolPowhatan Elementary, public schoolBlessed Sacrament Huguenot Catholic School, private schoolCherry Tree Academy, child care centerAppleTree Preschool, child care centerProject Return/Powhatan Co, public schoolPowhatan County Fire Department Company 5 - Deep Creek Volunteer FirePowhatan County Fire Department Company 1 - Powhatan Volunteer Fire DepartmentPowhatan MiddlePocahontas Elem.Powhatan Elem.Blessed SacramentAppleTree PreschoolProjectSTATIONSTATION5 miN
  • Your first due
  • Stations
  • Life-risk sites
Your first due from your county's published response areas, as of Mar 2022.

Your first due by the numbers.

7,469pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Jun 2025
7life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimatedCheck: list over 2 years old
111buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
19buildings 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.
135square miles of first duePublished by your countyAs of Mar 2022Check: list over 2 years old

About 14,266 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

  • Homes6,318
  • Sheds, utility and other422
  • Mobile homes316
  • Businesses141
  • Government and assembly136
  • Schools51
  • Farm buildings48
  • Apartments and lodging37
EstimatedBuilding records as of Jun 2025

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less3,347
  • 300 to 5002,853
  • 550 to 1,0001,158
  • 1,050 to 2,00080
  • over 2,00031
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
Powhatan MiddlePublic school950 studentsJun 2025
Pocahontas ElementaryPublic school668 studentsJun 2025
Powhatan ElementaryPublic school477 studentsJun 2025
Project Return/Powhatan CoPublic schoolAt setupJun 2025
Blessed Sacrament Huguenot Catholic SchoolPrivate school381 studentsJun 2024 Check
Cherry Tree AcademyChild care center40 licensed capacityJun 2026
AppleTree PreschoolChild care center35 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.

  • Powhatan County Fire Department Company 5 - Deep Creek Volunteer FireRecord dated Sep 2015
  • Powhatan County Fire Department Company 1 - Powhatan Volunteer Fire DepartmentRecord dated Sep 2015