FirePreplans

Roanoke, Virginia. Roanoke County.

Back Creek Fire and Rescue, Inc. (Roanoke County Fire & Rescue)

  • 1,755pre-plans, about one per building
  • 1life-risk sites
  • 10estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 54in the flood zone

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

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Mostly volunteer department. 1 station. 24 volunteer firefighters. 4 career firefighters.

Back Creek Elementary, public schoolRoanoke County Fire and Rescue Station 11Back Creek Elem.STATION 111 miNBack Creek Elementary, public schoolRoanoke County Fire and Rescue Station 11Back Creek Elem.STATION 112 miN
  • Your first due
  • Stations
  • Life-risk sites
Your first due from your county's published response areas, as of Oct 2026.

Your first due by the numbers.

1,755pre-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
10buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
54buildings 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.
17square miles of first duePublished by your countyAs of Oct 2026

About 3,224 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

  • Homes1,587
  • Sheds, utility and other115
  • Mobile homes24
  • Businesses14
  • Government and assembly8
  • Schools4
  • Industrial2
  • Apartments and lodging1
EstimatedBuilding records as of Jun 2025

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less611
  • 300 to 500818
  • 550 to 1,000316
  • 1,050 to 2,0009
  • over 2,0001
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
Back Creek ElementaryPublic school274 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.

  • Roanoke County Fire and Rescue Station 11Record dated Jan 2025