Excerpts from MyWebTimes.com:
An improved rating for the Streator Fire Department should cut insurance premiums for property owners in the city.
Fire Chief Gary Bird said Tuesday the Insurance Services Organization, which grades fire departments, lowered the department’s rating to a four. A rating of one is best and 10 is worst. The last rating was that of a five, given in 2010. In 1999, the rating was six. Streator’s new score puts the city’s department in the top 21 percent of departments in the country, Bird noted.
Bird said lowering the rating is a major goal of the department’s five-year plan, which was developed last summer.
To improve the rating further to a three, the department has started a fire risk reduction program, which includes more rigorous safety inspections of businesses, the construction of a training center and the purchase of new equipment.
Many insurance companies use the Insurance Services Organization’s ratings to determine fire insurance premiums.
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