FirePreplans

Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. Wood County.

Grand Rapids Volunteer Fire Department

  • 8,852pre-plans, about one per building
  • 3life-risk sites
  • 101estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • 43in the flood zone

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

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Mostly volunteer department. 1 station. 15 volunteer firefighters. 1 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.

8,852pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026
3life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimatedCheck: list over 2 years old
101buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
43buildings in the 100-year flood zone, mapped zones onlyEstimatedFlood maps as of Oct 2026
96hydrants mapped, covering about 21% of your buildingsHydrant maps as of Sep 2024Check: list over 2 years old
89square miles of first duePublished by your countyAs of Oct 2026

About 16,274 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

  • Homes8,045
  • Businesses424
  • Farm buildings223
  • Government and assembly103
  • Sheds, utility and other34
  • Schools19
  • Industrial3
  • Nursing homes and hospitals1
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less3,140
  • 300 to 5003,902
  • 550 to 1,0001,709
  • 1,050 to 2,00088
  • 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
Grant ElementaryPublic school267 studentsJun 2025
River Cities HighPublic school77 studentsJun 2025
Good Shepherd Evangelical Lutheran SchoolPrivate school17 studentsJun 2024 Check

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.

  • Grand Rapids Volunteer Fire DepartmentRecord dated Feb 2021