EMA director: R-3 developments outside five-mile radius could strain volunteer fire response
Lincoln County's EMA director told commissioners that ISO class ratings fall off outside five road miles from a recognized fire station (class 6 inside five miles, class 10 outside), and that R-3 (heavy-residential) developments outside that radius risk inadequate volunteer response and increased fire severity.
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Lincoln County's EMA director briefed commissioners on how ISO ratings and volunteer-response realities affect heavy residential development. The director said the county's ISO grading differentiates areas inside and outside a five-road-mile radius of recognized fire stations: "If you're within 5 road miles of 1 of our recognized fire stations, is the 6... If you're outside of 5 road miles of 1 of our recognized stations, you are a class 10."
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