FirePreplans

Grottoes, Virginia. Rockingham County.

Grottoes Volunteer Fire Department (Rockingham County Fire & Rescue)

  • 4,596pre-plans, about one per building
  • 1life-risk sites
  • 140estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 192in the flood zone

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

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All volunteer department. 1 station. 32 volunteer firefighters.

South River Elementary, public schoolGrottoes Volunteer Fire DepartmentSouth River Elem.STATION2 miNSouth River Elementary, public schoolGrottoes Volunteer Fire DepartmentSouth River Elem.STATION5 miN
  • Your first due
  • Stations
  • Life-risk sites
Your first due from your county's published response areas, as of Apr 2022.

Your first due by the numbers.

4,596pre-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
140buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
192buildings in the 100-year flood zone, mapped zones onlyEstimatedFlood maps as of Oct 2026
94hydrants mapped, covering about 36% of your buildingsHydrant maps as of Dec 2021Check: list over 2 years old
82square miles of first duePublished by your countyAs of Apr 2022Check: list over 2 years old

About 8,019 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

  • Homes3,282
  • Mobile homes599
  • Sheds, utility and other374
  • Farm buildings142
  • Businesses77
  • Government and assembly45
  • Apartments and lodging43
  • Industrial27
  • Schools7
EstimatedBuilding records as of Jun 2025

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less2,546
  • 300 to 5001,483
  • 550 to 1,000427
  • 1,050 to 2,00079
  • over 2,00061
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
South River ElementaryPublic school316 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.

  • Grottoes Volunteer Fire DepartmentRecord dated Feb 2022