Wausau, Wisconsin. Marathon County.

South Area Fire & Emergency Response District

12,243pre-plans, about one per building
35life-risk sites
295estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
123in the flood zone

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

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Mostly volunteer department. 2 stations. 12 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.

12,243pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026

35life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimatedCheck: list over 2 years old

295buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated

123buildings 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.

95square miles of first duePublished by your countyAs of Oct 2026

About 22,609 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

Homes9,795
Businesses1,417
Farm buildings563
Government and assembly143
Apartments and lodging123
Industrial78
Schools64
Nursing homes and hospitals30
Sheds, utility and other30

EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026

Water need, in gpm

250 or less3,850
300 to 5005,928
550 to 1,0002,170
1,050 to 2,000184
over 2,000111

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
Rennes Health And Rehab Center-Weston	Nursing home	130 beds	Sep 2026
Pride Tlc Therapy And Living Campus	Nursing home	25 beds	Sep 2026
Marshfield Medical Center - Weston	Hospital	At setup	Oct 2023
RENAISSANCE WESTON	Personal care home	80 licensed capacity	Jul 2026
Weston Memory Care	Personal care home	70 licensed capacity	Jul 2026
CAREVIEW TRANSITIONAL CARE OF WESTON	Personal care home	60 licensed capacity	Jul 2026
PRIMROSE MEMORY CARE OF WAUSAU	Personal care home	32 licensed capacity	Jul 2026
WELLINGTON PLACE AT RIB MOUNTAIN	Personal care home	30 licensed capacity	Jul 2026
CARE PARTNERS ASSISTED LIVING WESTON II	Personal care home	20 licensed capacity	Jul 2026
Dimensions Living Wausau	Personal care home	19 licensed capacity	Jul 2026
CARE PARTNERS ASSISTED LIVING WESTON	Personal care home	16 licensed capacity	Jul 2026
PINE MEADOWS 1	Personal care home	14 licensed capacity	Jul 2026

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PINE MEADOWS 2	Personal care home	14 licensed capacity	Jul 2026
PINE MEADOWS 3	Personal care home	11 licensed capacity	Jul 2026
Andrea Street CBRF	Personal care home	8 licensed capacity	Jul 2026
Chadwick St CBRF	Personal care home	8 licensed capacity	Jul 2026
D C Everest High	Public school	1,335 students	Jun 2025
D C Everest Junior High	Public school	848 students	Jun 2025
D C Everest Middle	Public school	844 students	Jun 2025
Weston Elementary	Public school	519 students	Jun 2025
Mountain Bay Elementary	Public school	451 students	Jun 2025
D C Everest 4K Community Partnership	Public school	236 students	Jun 2025
South Mountain Elementary	Public school	235 students	Jun 2025
Rib Mountain Elementary	Public school	194 students	Jun 2025
D C Everest Idea School	Public school	69 students	Jun 2025
Odyssey Elementary	Public school	64 students	Jun 2025
Hillside Christian School	Private school	12 students	Jun 2024 Check
ASPIRUS YMCA CHILD DEVELOPMENT CTR	Child care center	230 licensed capacity	Oct 2026
WOODSON YMCA CAMP STURTEVANT	Child care center	200 licensed capacity	Oct 2026
KEY TO LIFE CHRISTIAN CHILDCARE	Child care center	120 licensed capacity	Oct 2026
MT OLIVE PRESCHOOL	Child care center	50 licensed capacity	Oct 2026
STODDARD HEAD START CENTER	Child care center	38 licensed capacity	Oct 2026
WCC-SOUTH MTN BEFORE-AFTER SCHOOL	Child care center	34 licensed capacity	Oct 2026
THE TRAIN STATION	Child care center	30 licensed capacity	Oct 2026
WCC-RIB MT BEFORE-AFTER SCHOOL	Child care center	19 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.

South Area Fire and Emergency Response District - Station 1Record dated Aug 2016
South Area Fire and Emergency Response Station 2Record dated Jul 2015

Take it to your board.

The board packet is a PDF built for South Area Fire & Emergency Response District: 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 Marathon 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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