North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey called Wilson Fire/Rescue Services’ excellent fire rating rare in a Monday speech to the Wilson Rotary Club.
As commissioner of insurance for North Carolina, Causey is also the state fire marshal.
“I will congratulate Wilson,” Causey said. “When you take a city the size of Wilson, approximately 50,000 people, to get what your fire department got in that Class I rating, that is a world class fire department. Fewer than 1% of the fire departments in the United States ever qualify for that rating, so that is a big deal.”
The high rating means lower insurance rates for city property owners.
Causey said civic clubs across the state are having the same problem as fire departments — attracting new members.