ISO stands for the Insurance Service Office. Now known as Verisk, a company that provides the Fire Suppression Rating Schedule (FSRS), used by some of the many homeowners’ insurance companies. Your homeowner’s insurance company may use the FSRS as a scoring matrix that helps them establish your risk associated with fire and subsequently the premiums you pay for your homeowner’s hazard insurance. The worse your FSRS rating, the higher your premiums may be.

Fire departments are rated based on an established criteria list. The end result is a score on a scale of 1-10, with 10 being the worst and the equivalent of ‘unprotected’. 

Oakridge and Hazeldell were rated approximately 8 years ago. Oakridge went from a 5 to a 4 and Hazeldell went from an 8B to a 5. This is due to the cooperation with Hazeldell Fire District and the City of Oakridge. Great Team Work!