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Lincolnshire-Riverwoods FPD news

May 8

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Excerpts from the ChicagoTribune.com:

The Lincolnshire-Riverwoods Fire Protection District learned in March that they earned an ISO Class 2 rating possible from the Insurance Services Organization (ISO). The department was last rated in 2012 when it received a 4 on the scale of 1 and 10. Its score of 89.5 out of a possible 105.5 points put the top rating sixth tenths of a point away.

ISO inspected the department’s facilities and equipment last June and issued the improved Class 2 rating.  ISO rates 42,000 departments across the country with 329 getting a 1 and 1,500 receiving a 2.

The Lincolnshire-Riverwoods District is adding personnel to increase staffing by one person per shift and budgeting for more in the future. 

On a more long term basis, the main fire station needs major repairs making a new building a possibility. The department is working with two outside consulting firms to determine if a new station is more economically feasible. Part of that study using three years of data is moving the main station farther south on Milwaukee Avenue to both improve response times and realize a financial benefit with a new building rather than a renovated one.

In addition to Lincolnshire and Riverwoods, the district also serves parts of Vernon Hills, Mettawa, and unincorporated areas of Lake County including Prairie View.

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West Chicago Fire Protection District news

Jun 7

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Excerpts from westchicago.org:

The West Chicago Fire Protection District is proud to announce receiving an Insurance Services Office (ISO) Class 2 rating. This new rating has the potential to decrease homeowners’ insurance costs beginning July 1st. ISO measures and grades city services on a five-year cycle. It is an international organization  which insurance companies use when determining homeowners’ insurance rates.

Fire departments/districts are measured on a scale from 1 to 10, with 1 being the best rating and 10 being the lowest. Previously the West Chicago Fire Protection District’s received an ISO Class 3 rating in 2011.

West Chicago is one of 1,393 fire departments/districts out of 44,672 fire departments/districts across the country to receive an ISO Class 2 rating, which puts them in the top 3.1 percent of the Nation. The ISO analyzes a community’s fire suppression measures like its 911 call center, water supply, fire apparatus and equipment, fire prevention, community risk reduction, personnel, training, response times, and operations. Statistical data on insurance losses bears out the relationship between excellent fire protection — as measured by the Public Protection Classification (PPC program) — and low fire losses. PPC helps communities prepare to fight fires effectively. The purpose of an ISO public protection survey is to gather information to determine a Public Protection Classification (PPC™), which insurers use for underwriting and to calculate premiums for fire insurance. The Fire Suppression Rating Schedule (FSRS).

The West Chicago Fire Protection District is a career department consisting of 41 full-time personnel, and 12 contract firefighter/paramedics. The fire district’s current staff consists of 57 members that include support staff, career, and fire prevention personnel.

The fire district is currently reviewing and implementing changes to improve the current rating hoping to achieve an ISO Class 1 rating on the next review. Some noteworthy changes have already begun including the addition of a training facility and multi-story burn tower, better documentation of training to not only record completed training but to record time spent on each training subject as well, and pre-plans of all businesses in the district. Further changes will happen over the course of the next five years to help the district realize a higher ISO rating.

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Warrenville Fire Protection District news

Apr 10

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From the Warrenville FPD website:

The Warrenville Fire Protection District has achieved an Insurance Services Office (ISO) Class 2 rating that could decrease homeowners’ insurance costs beginning July 1st. The Insurance Services Office (ISO) of Commercial Risk Services measures and grades city services on a five- year cycle. ISO is an international company, which insurance companies use when determining homeowners’ insurance rates. Fire departments are measured on a scale from 1 to 10, with 1 being the highest. The Warrenville Fire Protection District obtained an ISO Class 3 rating in 2012.

Warrenville Fire is one of 1,393 fire departments out of 44,672 fire departments across the country to receive an ISO Class 2 rating, which puts the fire district in the top 3.1 percent of the Nation.

The Insurance Service Office (ISO) is a division of Verisk Analytics, which analyzes a community’s fire suppression measures like its 911 call center, water supply, fire apparatus and equipment, fire prevention, community risk reduction, personnel, training, response times, and operations. Statistical data on insurance losses bears out the relationship between excellent fire protection — as measured by the Public Protection Classification (PPC program) — and low fire losses. PPC helps communities prepare to fight fires effectively. The purpose of an ISO public protection survey is to gather information to determine a Public Protection Classification 

The Warrenville Fire Protection District is a combination department consisting of 10 career, 42 paid-on-call, part-time, and contract firefighter/paramedics. The district currently has 61 members including support staff.

The District earned additional ISO credit by implementing a community risk reduction program through our fire prevention bureau that considers the specific needs of the community which includes a free smoke alarm program, Knox Box for Senior’s and fire safety educational program for the local school system. In the never-ending, always-changing world of emergency services, data is the key ingredient for a fact based decision-making process.

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