NFSO's
consultants teach fire departments across America to
"think
out of the box". And has done so for the past 17 years!
The
Insurance Services Office (ISO©) does not grade a fire department
while it performs during
an actual event. They do not grade the age of your
equipment. They don't grade how large your SOP's and
SOG's are. Also, Career or Volunteer
firefighters will only count during the ISO process if
they are properly trained. ISO
is an independent auditing group who inspects fire
departments for their compliancy to
standards from:
NFPA, AWWA, and even ISO recommendations. The
grade a fire department
earns is
derived from the "Fire Suppression Rate Schedule". This
"ISO Schedule" audits a
department's
integrity by inspecting: equipment inventory levels; records of
testing; training; 911 Communication operations and
equipment;
fire mitigation
efforts by maintaining pre-fire plans; staffing levels; and
water supplies available for fire suppression.
A
department must maintain proper records or
the ISO® score
will suffer. Poor ISO scores have a negative effect
on your community. Property owners can be charged substantially higher insurance premiums
if a department has a poor rating. Excellent record keeping is just as important
as an excellent responses. Less
than 3% of your
population will actually receive fire protection
services each year. Over
87% of this population will purchase
property insurance. The ISO rating must
as important to you as it is to your residents!
Only the fire department is the
ISO "Rate Keeper".
Your
agency needs help!
New changes in ISO
rules have already taken place. The ISO PPC survey
is a constant "moving target". A fire department
should not use "self-interpretation" of
these new
requirements. If your agency uses a wrong interpretation, the loser will
be your community. In the ISO
game, these mistakes can cost your community
millions-of-dollars each year in
excessive insurance premiums.
The National Fire Services Office
(NFSO) works directly for you
and for your agency. NFSO has developed programs that help
communities maximize their scores by improving services.
NFSO does not teach the test; we teach needed changes.
NFSO
trains your agency to be more compliant to the issues
being tested. The insurance industry has offered a
tool to reduced insurance
premiums, but each department must be more organized and
professional if ISO scores are to be lowered or
maintained. These positive changes will enhance
response capability far into the future.
The Insurance Services Office (ISO) has never
provided totally inclusive information about how the actual calculations
are applied during an inspection.
The Insurance Services Office
(ISO)
is the designer, tester, and
grader of the PPC inspection
process and score. The Insurance Services Office
(ISO) cannot be the teacher of the test
or the test
would have little value. And it is a "TEST"!
It tests your fire department's commitment and
dedication public safety. Anytime you have the possibility to score from 1% to
100%, which yields a good or bad grade, it is a test.
Your agency will receive a scores just like students in
a school. The score earned during the test will
either be good for your community, or bad for your
community. There is little room in between.
The problem fire chiefs face are that governing policy
makers automatically expected a chief to know
all ISO requirements and expectations. This is very unrealistic
since the rules change without notice and there is no
completed manual available to fully explain the test.
It takes NFSO's staff 1,000's of hours each year doing
research to keep up with these changes. It also cost
NFSO thousands of dollars in
subscriptions fees alone, just so we can find the correct interpretations.
NFSO deals
with ISO®
matters every day. You need someone on your side
to help guide you through this complicated process.
We assist hundreds of fire stations each year working as
facilitators and project managers designing needed improvements.
These improvements lead to better services, thus better scores.
Since a lower
ISO score can save your community money, what are you
waiting for? The issue of lowering your ISO rating
should not be delayed. Our consultants design long term results.
Give us a call today.
NFSO owns and operates a aviation fleet. During the data collection
process, NFSO commonly assists communities by providing
aerial views of lakes, streams, and ponds. This data is used to
design a new water delivery strategy. Over 50% of our consultants are pilots.
Each NFSO program is custom designed to
fit a communities needs. NFSO professionals will
work with your
agency in multiple ways: personal visits, video
conferencing, and by email. You decide how
much help you want. Many fire departments ask for
a "Pre-Survey" inspection. Others want a
"Start to Finish" package that provides a
personal consultant to assist during
the entire process, including during the final inspection.
By using NFSO's assistance it can
greatly reduce stress during the inspection process.
We
can make your inspection day very pleasant and
successful one.
We are always
just
a call away!
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