Click Here to figure how far my house is from Stations 1 or 3
Great news! RCVFD has been notified that effective May 1, 2005, we will be rated as fire protection class 9/10 by the Insurance Service Organization (ISO). This process has been a long time coming and a lot of people have worked on it but it is finally here. The May 1 date allows ISO to notify insurance agencies.
Hopefully, saved money on your homeowners insurance. RCVFD Station 1 and Station 3 will receive ISO-9 rating. ISO-9 is valid for any residence/structure within 5 road miles of either of these stations. This will cover a significant portion of our response area. So if you want to know if you are within the ISO-9 rating area you need to know if you are within 5 road miles of one of these stations. If you house address is accurately reflected in mapping programs like Mapquest or Mappoint you can use your address, and the addresses of the stations to calculate the distance to your house. For this purpose, use the addresses:
· RCVFD Station One 11822 Rist Canyon Road
· RCVFD Station Three 17457 Rist Canyon Road
NOTE: Many insurance companies already give RCVFD residents a ISO class, so this may or may not help you.
Unfortunately, ISO-9 applies only to stations 1 and 3, and only to residents within 5 miles. This is defined by ISO, not RCVFD so we cannot impact it. If you are outside these ranges, you will be ISO-10. This may or may not help you with your insurance costs. It depends on the insurance company.
Because of the equipment at those stations. ISO-9 requires minimum of 325 gallons of water on the truck and things like 24 extension ladder, 14 roof ladder etc. The smaller Type 6x trucks at Stations 4 and 5 have 250 gallons and cannot carry the ladders. The truck at Station 2 could possibly be configured for ISO-9, but it is unlikely that ISO would accept a 1943 truck as a primary responder. Also I think that all of Davis Ranch is within 5 miles of station 1 just barely- so upgrading the engine at station 2 would add no area.
If your insurance company needs further information, contact the Fire Chief (email chief)