Waterloo lands better ISO fire safety rating

  • Source: Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier
  • Published: 08/16/2018 10:16 PM

The city’s fire protection system has earned high ratings from insurance industry officials during a recent review. The Insurance Services Office, an agency that issues statistical analysis, gave the City of Waterloo a rating of 2. The rating is on a scale of 1 through 10 with 1 being the best. “We are pretty pumped about it,” said Chief Pat Treloar with Waterloo Fire Rescue, which also provides fire protection to the Elk Run Heights community. The numbers can be used to calculate the cost of property insurance. The last time the city was reviewed, in 2012, the city received a 3. Only 1,324 of more than 43,500 municipal fire protection areas in the country attained the 2 rating in 2018. According to the ISO documents, 5 is the most common rating. Only 241 communities were rated 1.



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