FirePreplans

Wakefield, Virginia. Sussex County.

Wakefield Volunteer Fire Department

  • 2,170pre-plans, about one per building
  • 2life-risk sites
  • 43estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 11in the flood zone

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

See a sample pre-plan

All volunteer department. 1 station. 30 volunteer firefighters.

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  • 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.

2,170pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Jun 2025
2life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimatedCheck: list over 2 years old
43buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
11buildings 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.
87square miles of first dueEstimated

About 3,019 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

  • Homes1,320
  • Sheds, utility and other243
  • Farm buildings181
  • Businesses173
  • Mobile homes152
  • Government and assembly52
  • Industrial21
  • Apartments and lodging18
  • Schools10
EstimatedBuilding records as of Jun 2025

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less1,305
  • 300 to 500592
  • 550 to 1,000230
  • 1,050 to 2,00030
  • over 2,00013
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
Tidewater AcademyPrivate school166 studentsJun 2024 Check
Tidewater Academy, Inc.Child care center40 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.

  • Wakefield Volunteer Fire DepartmentRecord dated Jan 2025