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Commissioners approve Enchanted Circle regional fire protection memorandum of agreement
Summary
Taos County approved an MOA to establish the Enchanted Circle Regional Fire Protection Association to provide automatic aid across multiple fire districts, a move officials said will improve ISO ratings and resource sharing.
Taos County moved and approved a memorandum of agreement to create the Enchanted Circle Regional Fire Protection Association after a presentation by the county fire chief (identified in the transcript as Cordova).
The fire chief explained the MOA will create automatic aid and a first-alarm response across neighboring districts so that, for example, when the village of Cuesta is paged for a structure fire, surrounding departments are automatically dispatched. "It helps in just the big picture of one people because we're short staffed all the time, but then also, ISO and improving our ISO ratings," the chief said, explaining that shared pump and water capacity can lower Insurance Services Office (ISO) ratings for participating jurisdictions.
Commissioners asked clarifying questions about operations and meeting frequency; the chief said the participating departments meet the first Monday of each month. A motion to approve the MOA was made, seconded and passed by voice vote.
