Re: iso rules on station spacing - ????

Lots of newspaper articles about new fire stations mention that ISO
wants stations within 5 miles. So the FD builds a new station - more
homes are then located within 5 miles of a station - and supposedly
their fire insurance premiums will go do. This story line is quite
common.

Irregardless of the reason for - or - history of the ISO "requirement"
- this seems to be a primary determinant of fire station locations
across the USA.

Of course many fire departments report that 80% of their calls are for
EMS. That has to be another factor to consider when building new fire
stations.

Lets make this more interesting. Lets plan to rebuild every fire
station in the USA. Where would you locate them? How do you get the
biggest bang for the buck? Would 50 stations per state be enough? With
a fleet of patrolling minivans or drones?

On Thu, Jan 23, 2020 at 7:55 AM Peter Szerlagi <zerg90@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> how often do iso rules cause fire stations to be placed in dumb locations?
>
> lets says that a village has 1 fire station - in order to place all
> parts of their district within 5 miles of the fire station, the
> station has to be placed 1 mile west of the village - therefore, for
> the next 50 years, the vast majority of responses are delayed by 3
> minutes as the firefighters travel to or from the station - since
> there is a major difference between where the station is located, and
> where the firefighters live, and where the calls occur
>
> thought occurs to me as I see that cow creek sta 2 in orangeburg sc
> has moved since 2012 - it started out in a field - now it is further
> out in a field
>
> bottom line - no one should care if a fire station is 5 miles from
> their bld - everyone should care HOW LONG THE RESPONSE TIME IS