The Kankakee Fire Department has received the highest rating for a fire department, placing it among a group of just two dozen departments statewide, city officials said.
Rating improvements, they say, can mean a reduction in property owners’ insurance rates. The rating upgrade came as a result of an October survey by the New Jersey-based Insurance Services Office.
Other towns with the highest rating are typically much bigger cities or wealthy suburbs, including Chicago, Naperville, Plainfield, Springfield, Champaign, Skokie, Tinley Park and Batavia, according to the city.