In March of 2002 the Basalt Fire Department completed a Public Protection Classification (PPC) survey. Most insurers use the PPC classifications for underwriting and calculating premiums for residential, commercial, and industrial properties.

Insurance Service Office (ISO) has completed its analysis of the structure fire suppression delivery system provided by the Basalt Fire Department. This has resulted in the following classifications:

• Class 5: Applies to properties within five (5) road miles or less from Basalt Fire stations 41, 42, and 44 with a needed fire flow of 3500 gallons per minute (gpm) or less.
• Class 9: Applies to properties five (5) road miles or less from any other Basalt Fire station (43).
• Class 10: Applies to any properties over five (5) road miles from any Basalt Fire station.

Station 41
Address: 20 School Street Basalt, CO 81621. Currently not manned.
Equipment:

• 1 Pumper - 500 gallon
• 1 Ladder - 500 gallon
• 1 Pumper/Tender 2500 gallon

Station 42
Address: 1089 JW Drive Carbondale, CO 81623 (El Jebel). Manned.
Equipment:

• 1 Pumper - 900 gallon
• 1 Pumper/Tender 2200 gallon

Station 43
Address: 24265 Frying Pan Road, Meridith, CO 81642 (Thomasville). Currently not manned.
Equipment:

• 1 Pumper 1000 gallon
• 1 Pumper 500 gallon

Station 44
Address: 1909 Snowmass Creek Road Snowmass, CO 81654. Manned part time.
Equipment:

• 1 Pumper/Tender 1200 gallon

Response Times

Due to the large and often remote nature of our Fire District it is impossible to accurately calculate our response times to a structure fire in outlying areas. Factors affecting response times include season, weather, time of day, road conditions, and availability of responding volunteer personnel. Typically we can have initial personnel and equipment on scene within 30 minutes.

Water Delivery

In 2004 the average initial water delivery to a structure fire was 2000 gallons. In areas that do not have pressurized, gravity fed or storage tank water sources we rely on our fleet of pumper/tenders to deliver an adequate water supply for fire suppression. We also have mutual aid agreements with neighboring fire districts to provide us with water tenders to set up a water shuttle operation.

Hydrant Locations

Most commercial and residential properties along the Highway 82 corridor and adjoining subdivisions are supplied with pressurized hydrants. Outlying subdivisions including Upper Cattle Creek, Sopris Mountain Ranch, Little Elk Creek, Lower Shield O Mesa, and Reudi Shores have either pressurized, gravity, or storage supplied hydrants. Distances from properties to hydrants can be verified by a site visit by the interested party. The Basalt Fire Department does not have these measurements for every property.

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