Prairie Du Chien, Wisconsin. Crawford County.

Prairie du Chien Fire Department

2,471pre-plans, about one per building
9life-risk sites
79estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
179in the flood zone

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

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Mostly volunteer department. 1 station. 1 career 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.

2,471pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026

9life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimatedCheck: list over 2 years old

79buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated

179buildings 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.

4square miles of first dueEstimated

About 4,115 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

Homes2,002
Businesses242
Sheds, utility and other97
Industrial77
Government and assembly29
Schools14
Nursing homes and hospitals5
Farm buildings3
Apartments and lodging2

EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026

Water need, in gpm

250 or less1,290
300 to 500875
550 to 1,000227
1,050 to 2,00047
over 2,00032

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
Prairie Maison	Nursing home	50 beds	Sep 2026
RESIDENCE AT BLUFF HAVEN	Personal care home	24 licensed capacity	Jul 2026
BLUFF HAVEN ASSISTED LIVING	Personal care home	20 licensed capacity	Jul 2026
Prairie du Chien High	Public school	287 students	Jun 2025
BA Kennedy School	Public school	217 students	Jun 2025
Prairie Catholic School	Private school	88 students	Jun 2024 Check
New Frontier Day School	Private school	31 students	Jun 2024 Check
Prairie Christian Academy	Private school	27 students	Jun 2024 Check
IN THE BEGINNING CHILD CARE AND LEARNING CENTER	Child care center	50 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.

Prairie du Chien Fire Department Station 1Record dated Apr 2018

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The board packet is a PDF built for Prairie du Chien 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 $950, Free
Or 12 monthly payments: was $79.17 a monththe same total

*The first company in Crawford 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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