CDS Business Mapping, LLC–an online provider of property riskmapping data–said it has added additional states to its bank offire station information, bringing the total to 41.

The Boston-based company said it now includes Arkansas,Kentucky, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Utah in the RiskMeterOnline Distance to Fire Station Report (www.RiskMeter.com) andcovers every state east of the Mississippi.

CDS said the RiskMeter report uses routing technology todetermine the distance to the three closest fire stations to aproperty being evaluated.

By typing in an address, CDS said RiskMeter Online users can geta detailed report in seconds that returns drive distance toresponding fire stations, names of the stations and staffing.

“Regardless of the training, personnel or equipment at astation, if an insured location is greater than 5 miles from astation, the chance of a large loss is inevitable,” explained JamesMunson, CDS Business Mapping director of consulting services.

Mr. Munson said the report will immediately verify the distancefrom responding fire stations, and help carriers decide early inthe underwriting process whether a location is protected ornot.

More information is available by contacting him at 860-854-6125or [email protected].

According to CDS, the RiskMeter can perform more than 30different lookups, including distance to coast, rating territory,flood zone, windpool eligibility, proximity to brush andenvironmental quality hazards.

Information is available at www.RiskMeter.com or 800746-7797.