Mike Pietsch Consulting

Success Stories

February 19, 2003

Mr. Mike Pietsch
Consulting Services, Inc.
3101 South Country Club Road
Garland, TX 75043

Dear Mike,

On behalf of the entire Lewisville Fire Department I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for the services that you provided to our Department. Anyone in the fire service or for that matter, any city manager, can tell you just how important a fire department’s ISO rating can be. First and foremost, it can serve as an instrument to determine just how well you are prepared for firefighting and where you may need improvements. Secondly, if it is done right it can have a significant impact on your communities insurance premiums. It’s a process that when you look really close at it, never ends.

Your experience and expertise made our evaluation process run about as smooth as you could wish for. You are a man of integrity and a professional in your field. Your ethics are extremely high and I’m so very proud to have made your acquaintance. Our Fire Department and City as a whole have benefited greatly as a direct result of your service. Furthermore, I would not hesitate in recommending your services to anyone that is considering or entering into their ISO evaluation process.

In closing, if I can ever be of any assistance to you or is anyone ever desires to discuss our experience with your firm, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

Sincerely,

Richard A. Lasky
Fire Chief
Lewisville Fire Department

Fire Department
188 N. Valley Parkway
P.O. Box 299002 • Lewisville, Texas 75029-9002
(972) 219-3580 • FAX (972) 219-7082

Communities Assisted

Each community listed has received a grading summary and has a corresponding list of suggested improvements developed (based on their fire defense infrastructure).

*These communities have undergone the ISO rating process; each community assisted through the rating process has improved at least 2 Public Protection Classifications (PPC).

Alice

Alvin

Amarillo

Arlington - 4 to 2*

Atascocita VFD-HCESD #46 – 6/9 to 3*

Baytown – 5 to 3*

Beach City

Beaumont

Bellaire – 4 to 2*

Bexar Co. ESD #7

Boerne

Bonham

Brenham

Brownsville – 5 to 3*

Brownwood

Bryan

Buda

Burnet

Canyon Lake Fire/EMS-CCESD #3 – 7/9 to 4*

Carthage

Cedar Hill

Cedar Park

Celina – 7 to 4*

Center – 6 to 3*

Cleburne – 5 to 2*

The Colony – 5 to 3*

Commerce – 6 to 3*

Conroe

Converse – 6 to 3*

Coppell

Corpus Christi

Cy-Fair VFD-HCESD #9 – 5 to 3*

Cypress Creek VFD-HCESD #13

Dickinson

Duncanville

El Campo

El Paso – 3 to 1*

Elderville-Lakeport - 7/9 to 4*

Euless

Florence – 7/9 to 3*

Forney

Frisco

Ft. Worth – 3 to 2*

Galveston

Garland

Gatesville – 6 to 3*

Grapevine

Greenville

Gunter

Haltom City

Harlingen – 5 to 3*

Helotes

Highland Park – 4 to 2*

Highland Village – 6 to 2*

Holly Lakes

Houston – 3 to 1*

Humble – 5 to 2*

Huntsville – 5 to 3*

Jasper

Jersey Village – 4 to 2*

Jollyville-WCESD #1 – 6 to 2*

Katy – 4 to 2*

Keller

Kemah – 6 to 4*

Kerrville – 5 to 3*

Killeen

Kingsborough Fire District

Klein VFD-HCESD #16 – 5/9 to 3*

La Marque – 5 to 3*

La Porte

Lake Cities VFD – 6 to 4*

Leander

Levelland – 6 to 3*

Lewisville – 4 to 2*

Lindale-Hideaway Lakes-SCESD #1 – 7 to 3*

Little Elm – 5 to 3*

Lockhart

Locust Fire District – 10 to 6*

Longview – 5 to 2*

Lubbock

Lumberton

Marble Falls

McAllen

Melissa

Mesquite – 3 to 1*

Mexia – 5 to 3*

Midland

Missouri City – 6 to 3*

Montgomery Co. ESD #2

Murphy

Nassau Bay

Needham

New Braunfels – 4 to 2*

North Richland Hills

Orange – 5 to 3*

Pampa

Pasadena VFD – 6 to 2*

Pearland VFD – 5 to 3*

Pecan Grove – 7/9 to 3*

Plainview

Plano

Port Arthur

Preston Fire District – 9 to 5*

Red Oak

Richardson

Richmond – 5 to 2*

Roanoke

Rockwall – 5 to 3*

Rosehill

Round Rock – 5 to 2*

San Angelo

San Antonio

San Marcos – 5 to 2*

Sealy-Austin Co. ESD #2 – 6 to 4*

Seguin

Selma – 6 to 2*

Sherman

Slaton

South Hays ESD #3

Southeast VFD – 7/9 to 3*

Southside Place

Spring

Springtown-Parker Co. ESD #1 – 7/9 to 3*

Stafford – 2 to 1*

Sugar Land – 4 to 2*

Sunnyvale

Taylor Lake Village -6 to 2*

Terrell

Texarkana

Texas City

Town of Trophy Club

Travis Co. ESD #3 (Oak Hill VFD) – 6 to 3*

Tyler

University Park – 4 to 2*

Victoria

Villages – 6 to 2*

Waco

Waskom – 7 to 3*

Watauga

Waxahachie – 4 to 2*

Webster – 4 to 2*

West Harrison Fire District-Harrison Co. ESD #1 – 8/9 to 6/8b*

West I-10 Fire District-Harris Co. RFPD #48

West Valley Fire District-El Paso Co. ESD #2 –
6 to 4*

Westlake VFD-HCESD #4 – 6 to 4*

Wolfforth – 7/9 to 2*

The Woodlands – 5 to 3*

Woodville