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Riceville VFD Insurance Rating
Additional Information
ISO - NCRRS
Riceville Volunteer Fire Department currently holds a Class 3 / 9E rating. (9/1/2022)
The North Carolina Response Rating System (NCRRS) is a division of the Department of Insurance (DOI). NCRRS inspects fire departments and grades them based on their resources and ability to fight structural fires. Administered and maintained by the Office of the State Fire Marshal, the NCRRS routinely inspects more than 1,300 North Carolina fire departments. It rates them based on their resources and ability to respond and extinguish structural fires against a uniform set of criteria that incorporate nationally recognized fire protection standards.
The NCRRS grading plan is required by law to be at least as stringent as the current one utilized by the Insurance Services Office (ISO), and the intent of the NCRRS is to make it as compatible as possible while keeping it usable and current. The NCRRS ratings range from a class 1 rated fire department (highest best possible rating) to a Class 10 rated fire department (not recognized as a certified fire department by the state- unprotected). Generally, the lower-class number a fire department receives the better prepared the fire department may be to respond to fires in its district. The better prepared a fire department is, the more likely it will have lower fire losses. The rating they receive may also affect the insurance rates in a fire district with higher ratings, thus providing cost savings.
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AGREEMENT TO USE WATER SUPPLY
I, ________________________________________, owner of the water supply point number _________________________________ (designated by fire department) do hereby give Riceville Volunteer Fire Department and their mutual aid companies permission to use this water source for any and all emergencies deemed necessary by the chief officer in charge of such emergency.
_________________________________
Signature of Property Owner
_________________________________
Chief of the Department
_________________________________
Date
(Obtain from Owner of Water Source)
Riceville VFD Insurance Rating
Additional Information
ISO - NCRRS
Riceville Volunteer Fire Department currently holds a Class 3 / 9E rating. (9/1/2022)
The North Carolina Response Rating System (NCRRS) is a division of the Department of Insurance (DOI). NCRRS inspects fire departments and grades them based on their resources and ability to fight structural fires. Administered and maintained by the Office of the State Fire Marshal, the NCRRS routinely inspects more than 1,300 North Carolina fire departments. It rates them based on their resources and ability to respond and extinguish structural fires against a uniform set of criteria that incorporate nationally recognized fire protection standards.
The NCRRS grading plan is required by law to be at least as stringent as the current one utilized by the Insurance Services Office (ISO), and the intent of the NCRRS is to make it as compatible as possible while keeping it usable and current. The NCRRS ratings range from a class 1 rated fire department (highest best possible rating) to a Class 10 rated fire department (not recognized as a certified fire department by the state- unprotected). Generally, the lower-class number a fire department receives the better prepared the fire department may be to respond to fires in its district. The better prepared a fire department is, the more likely it will have lower fire losses. The rating they receive may also affect the insurance rates in a fire district with higher ratings, thus providing cost savings.
Learn More How Land Owners Help with Rural Water Supply
AGREEMENT TO USE WATER SUPPLY
I, ________________________________________, owner of the water supply point number _________________________________ (designated by fire department) do hereby give Riceville Volunteer Fire Department and their mutual aid companies permission to use this water source for any and all emergencies deemed necessary by the chief officer in charge of such emergency.
_________________________________
Signature of Property Owner
_________________________________
Chief of the Department
_________________________________
Date
(Obtain from Owner of Water Source)