Rice Lake, Wisconsin. Barron County.

Rice Lake Fire Department

9,217pre-plans, about one per building
30life-risk sites
336estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
44in the flood zone

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

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Mostly volunteer department. 1 station. 13 career firefighters.

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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.

9,217pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026

30life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimatedCheck: list over 2 years old

336buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated

44buildings 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.

117square miles of first duePublished by your countyAs of Oct 2026

About 20,176 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

Homes7,153
Businesses1,035
Apartments and lodging424
Sheds, utility and other399
Industrial64
Farm buildings58
Schools38
Nursing homes and hospitals29
Government and assembly17

EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026

Water need, in gpm

250 or less4,211
300 to 5003,151
550 to 1,0001,519
1,050 to 2,000246
over 2,00090

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.

Name	Type	Size	List as of
Heritage Lakeside	Nursing home	50 beds	Sep 2026
Dove Healthcare - Rice Lake	Nursing home	50 beds	Sep 2026
Rice Lake - Marshfield Medical Center	Hospital	At setup	Jun 2021
CAMBRIDGE SENIOR LIVING	Personal care home	68 licensed capacity	Jul 2026
WOODSTONE SENIOR LIVING RCAC	Personal care home	43 licensed capacity	Jul 2026
WOODSTONE SENIOR LIVING CBRF	Personal care home	39 licensed capacity	Jul 2026
OUR HOUSE RICE LAKE MEMORY CARE	Personal care home	24 licensed capacity	Jul 2026
OUR HOUSE RICE LAKE ASSISTED CARE	Personal care home	20 licensed capacity	Jul 2026
VISTA PRAIRIE AT BRENTWOOD	Personal care home	20 licensed capacity	Jul 2026
VITACARE LIVING - RICE LAKE II	Personal care home	20 licensed capacity	Jul 2026
VITACARE LIVING - RICE LAKE I	Personal care home	16 licensed capacity	Jul 2026
CHRISMARK HOME LLC	Personal care home	15 licensed capacity	Jul 2026

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CHRISMARK HOME MOULLETTE DRIVE	Personal care home	8 licensed capacity	Jul 2026
INTEGRICARE RICE LAKE	Personal care home	8 licensed capacity	Jul 2026
NEW BEGINNINGS OF BARRON COUNTY INC	Personal care home	8 licensed capacity	Jul 2026
NORTHWOOD GABLES	Personal care home	8 licensed capacity	Jul 2026
SUNLIGHT COMMUNITY HOME SAWYER STREET	Personal care home	8 licensed capacity	Jul 2026
Rice Lake High	Public school	674 students	Jun 2025
Rice Lake Middle	Public school	622 students	Jun 2025
Tainter Elementary	Public school	445 students	Jun 2025
Hilltop Elementary	Public school	251 students	Jun 2025
Hilltop Day Care and Preschool	Public school	21 students	Jun 2025
St Joseph School	Private school	185 students	Jun 2024 Check
Redeemer Evangelical Lutheran School	Private school	8 students	Jun 2024 Check
HILLTOP DAY CARE	Child care center	65 licensed capacity	Oct 2026
BRADWAY's LAUGH AND LEARN	Child care center	50 licensed capacity	Oct 2026
OUR KIDS SOAR ACADEMY	Child care center	50 licensed capacity	Oct 2026
LULABELLES LEARNING CENTER LTD	Child care center	40 licensed capacity	Oct 2026
RICE LAKE CESA 11 HEAD START	Child care center	34 licensed capacity	Oct 2026
KIDS AT FIRST CHILD CARE CENTER	Child care center	30 licensed capacity	Oct 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.

Rice Lake Fire DepartmentRecord dated Oct 2023

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The board packet is a PDF built for Rice Lake Fire Department: your numbers, how it works in four steps, what your officers do, the cost and terms, and a motion your secretary can read into the minutes.

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What it costs

Year one

Pay in full: was $2,400, Free
Or 12 monthly payments: was $200 a monththe same total

*The first company in Barron County to sign up pays no setup fee. That spot is still open.

Each year after

$120 a year, one payment.

Half of one percent of the typical yearly spending for a first due your size. We found no IRS filing for your company.

Year one is a setup fee that builds every card and includes the monthly checks and the note to the chief. Each year after, $120 a year keeps them going.

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