As mentioned in the first article of this series, Hilham Volunteer Fire Department truly started with the purchase of an older fire engine from the City of Livingston in 1983.

The Council Bluffs Fire Department has earned a Class 1 fire-protection services rating from the Insurance Services Office, the first time the department has earned the highest-possible rating.

Source: City of Santee. March 2, 2021 (Santee) - The City of Santee announced that after a thorough Insurance Services Office (ISO) evaluation, the Santee Fire Department has achieved a Class 1 ...

Less than 1% of fire stations across the nation have the ISO Class 1 rating. Burlington Fire Department’s Battalion Chief of EMS Daniel Shoffner said the entire team helped earn the score. “It was a ...

Courtesy of Pixabay By TONY GUERREROHays PostThe Hays Fire Department . Jun 02, 2025. Hays Fire Department nears top ISO rating. Posted Jun 02, 2025 10:01 AM. ... just short of the class 1 rating.

This distinction places the department among the top fire protection services in the nation. According to the most recent data, only 500 fire departments in the U.S. have an ISO 1 rating and only 17 ...

The Monroe Fire Department has earned an ISO Class 1 rating from the N.C. State Fire Marshal’s Office, placing it among about 30 elite fire departments in the state to achieve this prestigious ...

Woodstock Fire Department retains its ISO Class 1 rating, remaining in the top 1.5% of departments nationwide. Atlanta. National Politics Crime Weather Food Arts More. Subscribe. San Jose.

The Fort Bend County Emergency Services Department No. 2, which includes the Willowfork Fire Department, earned a Class 1 fire suppression rating on January 25—the highest available—from the ...

Fire departments are audited every ten years and ISO sorts communities in Classes 1 through 10, with Class 1 being the best and ten being the worst. “As an organization dedicated to serving this ...

Richardson Fire Chief Curtis Poovey lauded his department's commitment, "It is rare for professionals in the fire service to have the opportunity to serve in an ISO Class 1 department", he said ...

The department also received ISO Class 1 status in 2014, the release stated. “The ISO 1 Classification puts McKinney in an elite group of fire departments,” McKinney Fire Chief Paul Dow said ...