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El Paso County hears ESD No. 2 briefing after preliminary ISO downgrade; commissioners request timeline and report
Summary
County commissioners were briefed Jan. 27 on a preliminary Insurance Services Office (ISO) classification that flagged parts of Emergency Services District No. 2 as a class 10 because of missing training and hydrant inspection records. ESD officials say they have consolidated records, submitted a rebuttal and will provide a written timeline; no action was taken.
EL PASO, Texas — County commissioners on Tuesday heard a joint briefing with Emergency Services District No. 2 on a preliminary Insurance Services Office (ISO) community classification that temporarily logged parts of ESD 2 as a class 10, an outcome officials said was driven largely by missing training entries and a lack of hydrant flow-testing records.
Chief Esparza of ESD 2 told the Commissioners Court that ISO’s reviewer relied on older, decentralized records from volunteer fire stations that had not been entered into the district’s new records management system. “They went from a class 2, 3, and 4 in some areas of the county to a 10,” Esparza said, describing how unentered or inaccessible training logs and inspection material produced a sharply lower preliminary score.
The rating matters because ISO scores are reviewed by state authorities and the resulting products are made available to private insurers, which can affect residents’ property-insurance availability and premiums. William Michael Peach, a consultant retained by ESD 2, told the court that…
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