In 2018, the District received a Class 1 rating from the Fire Department Insurance Service Office (ISO)  following a comprehensive review. The review evaluated water supply and delivery systems, emergency communications, fire alarm response times, and the number and types of fire apparatus. In addition, it also evaluated our department's fire station distribution, number of personnel, our training, equipment maintenance records, the number and distribution of fire hydrants and our maintenance and flow test records. The ISO sets fire department standards that provide benchmarks for operational effectiveness and provides a Public Protection Classification rating for more than 45,000 fire districts nationwide. Less than 1% of the fire departments nationwide are rated as Class 1. The ratings range from the highest rating of 1 through 10.