FirePreplans

A sample pre-plan.

A real draft for a home with no hydrant in reach, built from public records. The numbers are the card's own.

The address and place names are changed. Yours will look the same, with your response areas, your water and your rigs.

Home card · draft

418 Fenwick Rd

No hydrant in reach: tanker waterAsk for 1 more engineAsk for 3 more tankersNext building under 5 ft, D sideOwner has not answered yet
Site planE2 AT DRAFT 817 FTLAYS IN, PHASE 3TRKE1ABCDFENWICK RD100 FTN

Water

Start on tankers, then switch to the Hartwell Canal draft near 377 Fenwick Rd.

Water need500 gpm
Dump tanksFenwick Rd at Cooper Rd
Supply line to Engine 1934 ft
Tankers fill athydrant at 1100-1198 Brindle Rd, 3.6 mi
Tanker loop / tankers for 500 gpm22.5 min / 5
Fixed supply: Hartwell Canal draft817 ft lay, 670 gpm
Hydrantsnone in 1.5 road mi
Show the math
Water need: 500 gpm
Floor area1,350 sq ft × 2 floors2,700 sq ftunverified
NFAarea ÷ 3 × 25%, + 25% for 2 sides with a building within 30 ft350 gpm
Lowest flowyour setting, more than the method gives500 gpm
Hydrant: hydrant at 5208 Cooper Rd
Lay to the house by roadyou carry 1,000 ft12,881 ft, too far
Tested flowthe water need is 500 gpm500 gpm
Tanker loop: hydrant at 1100-1198 Brindle Rd
Fill3,000 gal ÷ 1,000 gpm3.0 min
Time at the fill2.0 min
Drive there and back2 × (0.65 + 1.7 × 3.6 mi)13.5 min
Dump3,000 gal ÷ 1,000 gpm3.0 min
Time at the tanks1.0 min
One loop22.5 min
Each tanker brings3,000 gal ÷ 22.5 min133 gpm
Tankers500 gpm ÷ 133 gpm = 3.8, round up, + 1 spare5
Most this fill keeps up with3,000 gal ÷ (3.0 + 2.0 min)600 gpm
Best fill site insteadpond standpipe at 5120 Wexford Rd, 2.0 mi18.2 min, 5 tankers
Tank site: Fenwick Rd at Cooper Rd
Supply line to Engine 1you carry 1,000 ft, at least 150 ft out934 ft
Cross road to turn aroundwithin 50 ft0 ft
Flat open groundneeds 1,200, 2,500 to pull in7,525 sq ft
On the way in from Station 7no
Next best siteHartley Rd at Fenwick Rd661 ft
Fixed supply: Hartwell Canal draft near 377 Fenwick Rd
Draft rate5 in TurboDraft, 37 ft of hose, 10 ft lift670 gpm
Lay to Engine 1you carry 1,000 ft817 ft
Alerts
Next buildingalert under 10 ftunder 5 ft, D side
Tankers neededfirst alarm brings 25
Drivelong over 300 ft34 ft
Roof peaktall over 35 ft24 ft

Ask for on dispatch

  • 1 more engine: next building under 5 ft, D side
  • 3 more tankers: the plan needs 5, the first alarm brings 2

Access

From Station 73.0 road mi
Fronts Fenwick Rd (state road)drive 34 ftunverified
Access pagenot needed

Building

Conventional on 0.42 acre lot1,350 sq ft
Roof peak / eaves24 ft / 10 ft
Ground around the building5 ft fall
Constructionwood frameunverified
Stories2unverified
Outlinesplit from next doorunverified

Exposures

D side: houseunder 5 ft
B side: house19 ft
B side: house60 ft
D side: house67 ft
Flood zoneoutside the mapped zones
Canal237 ft
River826 ft
Water supply planE2 DRAFTDUMP TANKSTANKERS FROM BRINDLE RD HYDRANTFIREFROM STATION 7500 FT
  1. First minutesTruck takes the A side. Engine 1 pulls 85 ft past, toward the dump tanks, and goes to work on its tank.
  2. TankersDump tanks at Fenwick Rd and Cooper Rd, 934 ft of supply line to Engine 1. Tankers fill at the hydrant at 1100-1198 Brindle Rd, 3.6 mi, and never pass the fire. 22.5 min loop, 5 tankers.
  3. Fixed supplyEngine 2 stops at the Hartwell Canal draft near 377 Fenwick Rd (it passes it on the way in) and lays 817 ft to Engine 1. Then release the tankers.
  4. Your setup fills at hydrants first. The pond standpipe at 5120 Wexford Rd would make the loop 18.2 min, with 5 tankers.
  5. Next best place for the tanks: Hartley Rd at Fenwick Rd, 661 ft.
From the owner or your crew
  • Who lives here, anyone who needs help
  • Propane or oil tank
  • Pets
  • Generator or solar
  • Gas, electric and water shutoffs
  • Contact phone
  • Gate or lock box code
  • Overhead wires
Checks

10 of 11 automated checks pass. Your crew looks at this one:

look10. Next building gap measured: gap under 5 ft read from height data, not measured
Rev 1 draft · 10 of 11 checks pass · not reviewedFirePreplans

What each part tells your crew.

  • Tags

    Under the address, what the crew reads first: where the water comes from, the rigs to ask for, and how close the next building is. The last tag says if the owner has answered.

  • Site plan

    The building with its sides marked A to D, where the truck and Engine 1 stop, and the line Engine 2 lays. It has a scale and a north arrow.

  • Water

    The water plan in one sentence, then the numbers behind it: water need, dump tanks, supply line, where the tankers fill and the loop time. Show the math opens every step.

  • Ask for on dispatch

    The rigs to ask for on top of the first alarm, and the reason for each one.

  • Access

    The road distance from your station, the road it fronts and the length of the drive. A drive longer than the length you set gets its own access page.

  • Building

    Use, lot and size, roof peak and eaves, and how the ground falls. A value the records cannot confirm says unverified.

  • Exposures

    The buildings around it by side and distance, closest first, then the flood zone and the distance to open water.

  • Water supply plan

    The same plan drawn to scale: the tanker route, the dump tanks, the supply line to the fire and the draft.

  • First minutes, Tankers, Fixed supply

    The plan in the order it happens, rig by rig. Under it, the next best choices, like a faster fill site or another place for the tanks.

  • From the owner or your crew

    What public records cannot tell you, like who lives there, fuel tanks and shutoffs. The owner sends it through the owner code, and your officers check it before it goes on the card.

  • Checks

    How many automated checks pass, and the one your crew looks at, with what to look for. The last line says the revision and if an officer has reviewed it.

The owner code.

Every card has its own code. The owner scans it with a phone and adds what only they know.

A crew can show it on a call or at a fire prevention night. The department can also hand it out, or mail it on a card. What the owner sends goes to your department for that card, and your officers check every change before it goes on the plan.

What the owner is asked

  • Who lives here, anyone who needs help
  • Propane or oil tank
  • Pets
  • Generator or solar
  • Gas, electric and water shutoffs
  • Contact phone
  • Gate or lock box code
  • Overhead wires

418 Fenwick Rd

Scan to add your information

What else you get.

  • The flagged cards. Automated checks run on every card. Your officers look only at the cards a check flags, plus a sample from each response area, and then the chief signs off.
  • A note to the chief every month. We check every source for your area, update the cards that changed and rerun the checks. The note goes out every month, even when nothing changed.
  • The board packet. A PDF built for your department, to take to your company's board: your numbers, how it works, what your officers do, and a motion your secretary can read into the minutes.
Sample monthly note

Sample Township Fire Company, November update

We checked 9 sources for your first due on November 3.

  • 2 new addresses on Orchard Lane. Draft cards are ready for a look.
  • 1 day care closed at 14 Main St. The life-risk flag is off.
  • 1 hydrant added on Route 9. Water supply on 6 cards updated.
  • Flood map: no change. Department list: no change.

Needs a look: 3 cards. Your crew has checked 412 of 1,180 cards.

Find your department.

Type its name or your town. Your numbers come up at once, and the board packet is one short form away.