NEW: Central Coventry Fire District Receives “Poorest” Rating from Insurer
Monday, July 06, 2015
The Central Coventry Fire District (CCFD) has received the Insurance Service Organization's (ISO) poorest rating, a 10 on a scale of 1 to 10. ISO rates fire departments around the country.
Fred Gralinski, chairman of the board of the Central Coventry Fire District, shared the board of directors' reaction, explanation for ISO's rating and how they hope to remedy the situation.
Statement From Central Coventry Fire District
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLAST"On June 10, 2015, the Insurance Service Organization (ISO), which rates fire departments around the country, notified the Central Coventry Fire District that the district had received ISO’s poorest rating – a 10 on a scale of 1 to 10.
This rating was a surprise and shock to myself and the other members of the CCFD Board of Directors. We immediately contacted ISO for an explanation of the poor rating.
ISO’s response was very simple and very much at odds with statements made by the Central Coventry Fire District union president David Gorman, who ascribed the low rating to pumper trucks and ladder trucks being removed from service.
In ISO’s email response to our query, they indicated that Central Coventry’s lowest possible rating was solely due to the fact that the district did not meet ISO’s minimum training requirements, based on a survey conducted on 1/28/2014.
In response, the Central Coventry Fire District has proposed a plan to remediate the training issues that ISO has identified. ISO has indicated to us that those changes should improve the district’s rating.
These remedial activities must be in place prior to June 23, 2016, a deadline that the district will meet. Residents should be assured that no changes to the district’s ISO ratings and no insurance premium penalties for Coventry taxpayers and businesses due to low ISO ratings will occur prior to June 23, 2016.
The District continues to employ a union Battalion Chief for Training and adequate training funds are included in the budget. Our board will work with the Receiver and encourage and help him to do everything possible to ensure that Central Coventry Fire District’s operations meet best practice expectations for fire departments and the ISO rating is returned to the previous level.
This is very much a work in progress, and we appreciate the patience and support of our tax payers while we clean things up."
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