Woodville Volunteer Fire Department
Leon County Florida
“Volunteers Serving Our Community With Pride”
DAC# CH23017
Advanced Registration $25 – Registration at the Event $35
Registration Opens October 1st
In Search Of Land
Your Woodville Volunteer Fire Department is in search of land for a fire station. Yes, the Brotherhood of Dragon Slayers are looking for their own cave to call home and a place to house a tanker or engine. The station and apparatus housed inside would help you save on your homeowner’s insurance cost.
Why is this important to you, and how will it save you money?
When your insurance rate is calculated a key factor is the distance of your home from the nearest fire station, housing a tanker or engine that meets ISO requirements, with five miles being the magic number. You read that right, if you are within five miles of a fire station your insurance rates will be significantly lower.
Currently, if your home is east of the 6600 block of Natural Bridge Road this means your home is not within 5 miles of the current fire station so, your insurance class code is a 10. This class code raises your cost higher than those who live west of the same address. The homes that are west of 6600 Natural Bridge Road have an insurance code of 9 because the properties are located within 5 miles of the fire station. These ratings are factored into the calculation of your homeowner’s insurance premium. Aside from the distance from a fire station, part of the ISO rating comes from a fire department’s available water supply. The measuring factor for this rating is the distance (1000 feet) from your home to the nearest hydrant. A tanker or an engine with a minimum of 750 gallons of water housed in the proposed station would put a water supply closer to your home, adding another insurance plus that would also affect your insurance rates in a positive manner.
Your Woodville Volunteer Firefighters are all about our community and we want to help you. But, for us to help you, we need land on which to build a fire station. To help the ISO ratings and provide help with insurance rates, the station must be at or East of the 6600 block of Natural Bridge Road.
So, if you or someone you know have 1 or 2 acres of land around 6600 Natural Bridge Road and would be willing to sign a long-term lease for the land with our department. I would like to talk to you.
Please contact me by email, (wvfd1300@yahoo.com) call me at 850-933-4018, or attend our February general meeting at the Woodville Library on February 14, 2026. The meeting begins at 10 am.
Richard Meuth, Fire Chief
How ISO Fire Rating Affects Your Homeowners’ Insurance
Be Fire Aware
Remember, if you must burn, you can only burn yard debris generated on your property. You cannot burn plastics, shingles, construction debris, or any other non-natural / manmade debris. You are not required to have a burn permit from the Florida Division of Forestry if you meet all of the following criteria:
- The pile is less than 8 feet in diameter.
- You meet the required setbacks, 25 feet from forests, 50 feet from paved roads, 25 feet from your house, and 150 feet from other occupied buildings.
- The fire is ignited after 8 am Central Standard Time or 9am Eastern Standard and the fire is extinguished one hour before sunset.
Did you know that escaped debris burning is one of the leading causes of wildfires in Florida? If you must burn, then burn responsibly.