Euless Fire Department--The Very Best, ISO #1

Since February 2008, the City of Euless has been rated a Class 1 Public Protection Classification from the Insurance Services Office, Inc. (ISO). This was a two point improvement over the 1995 Class 3 rating.  In 2008, Euless was the tenth community in the state of Texas and the 48^th in the nation to achieve a Class 1 rating. The rating, established by ISO, evaluates the performance of municipal fire suppression capabilities. The City rating schedule consists of three main areas: receiving and handling of fire alarms, the Fire Department, and water distribution and supply. ISO analyzes the relevant data and assigns a Public Protection Classification, (PPCTM) — a number from 1 to 10. Class 1 generally represents superior property fire protection, and Class 10 indicates that the area's fire suppression program does not meet ISO's minimum criteria.

ISO provides advisory services and information to many insurance companies. ISO develops and publishes policy language that many insurance companies use as the basis for their products. All insurance policies are a contract between the homeowner and insurance company. ISO is not a party to that contract.  ISO merely evaluates the communities using this grading schedule to help establish insurance rates based on the ability to provide fire protection.

Based on cost of claims per $1000 of insured property, communities in the worst classifications had fire losses more than twice as high as the communities with the best classifications.

According to the National Fire Protection Agency (NFPA) Fire Departments fight almost 1.7 million fires annually. In other words, every 19 seconds, a fire department somewhere in the United States responds to a fire.  Each year, fire kills more Americans than all natural disasters combined.

Fire Chief Wes Rhodes and the Euless Firefighters, just one more reason to take pride in FabEuless.