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Running head: ISO RATINGS 1 ISO Ratings Jeffrey Landis Columbia Southern University FIR 3306 Patrick Kelly October 2, 2016
ISO RATINGS 2 ISO Ratings There are many things that we must live by, whether we are at work or at home. Being evaluated is a part of life whether it is professional or personal. This also includes being graded and evaluated at the Fire Department. The Insurance Services Office (ISO) provides a vision of risk assessments that can have impacts on your homeowners insurance for better or for worse. These are normally conducted every ten years or so. For evaluation of the Fire Service, the ISO uses the Public Protection Classification program. The PPC program also serves as a guide for fire departments to improve services. A district with a poor rating may be motivated to improve its services, thus benefiting the fire service, its customers, and the insurance industry. This makes sense in theory, as long as it is comprehensible, accurate, and useful (Festa, 2004, para. 2). The ISO receives grades based on categories. These include how many stations a depart has, fixed water supply, engines, Truck companies including all elevated master stream devices, and water tankers when water sources are not available. A depart can be graded 1-10, 1 being the best, and 10 being the worst. This is grading scale can have a drastic impact on your insurance premiums depending on what your fire rating is. These schedules and inspections could be a significant factor in determining how prevention efforts should be designed (Crawford, 2011, p. 126). In conclusion, understanding the ISO rating and scheduling, along with the PPC system will help you as an employee in the long run. It will also help you as a homeowner and a taxpayer so you better understand insurance premiums. With having a better understanding about the current evaluation system in place, we will then understand its strengths as well as its weaknesses. The future direction of the fire service may depend on it.
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