Save My Fire Station, Save My House

Fire is the leading cause of property losses in the homeowners marketplace. In the last decade, fires have caused direct insured losses of more than $120 billion.

In this article, Mike Waters, vice president, ISO Risk Decision Services, and Robert Cobb, ISO national director, Community Hazard Mitigation, discuss how the current economic realities affect local fire stations in communities across the country. They discuss areas such as response times, personnel reductions, and emergency response capabilities. They also emphasize the importance of adequately trained responders, incident management techniques, apparatus and equipment, and water supply. And finally, they suggest how fire departments can overcome those obstacles – through ways such as automatic-aid agreements, shared-resource arrangements, and consolidation and mergers.

Find out more about how the current economic realities affect local fire stations in communities across the country »

Customized reports

Customized PPC and BCEGS® reports for your community are available by mail from ISO:

• PPC report — needed fire flows for the commercial buildings in your community and details of your PPC grading survey (Available free to your community’s fire chief or chief administrative official)
• BCEGS report — details of your latest BCEGS grading survey (Available free to your community’s building official or chief administrative official)

Mail your request on fire department or building department letterhead, as appropriate, or on your chief administrative official’s letterhead to your ISO Regional Processing Center.