Public Protection Classification Program: Difference between revisions

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The '''Public Protection Classification''' (PPC) program, is a tool developed by the [[Insurance Services Office]] (ISO) for property and casualty insurers to properly assess their risk by rating [[fire protection]] services throughout the [[United States]].<ref name="ISO Public Protection Classifications">{{cite web | url=http://www.isomitigation.com/downloads/ISOPPC.pdf?referral=OKDOI | title=ISO Public Protection Classifications | publisher=Insurance Services Office, Inc. | accessdate=5 March 2015}}</ref>

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In developing a PPC, the following major categories are evaluated:

*'''Emergency Communications:''' Fire alarm and communication systems, including telephone systems, telephone lines, staffing and dispatching systems.<ref name="ISO Public Protection Classifications" />

*'''Fire Department:''' The fire department, including equipment, staffing, training and geographic distraction of fire companies.<ref name="ISO Public Protection Classifications" />

*'''Water Supply:''' The water supply system, including the condition and maintenance of hydrants and the amount of available water compared with the amount need to suppress fires.<ref name="ISO Public Protection Classifications" />

Added 2013 criteria:<ref name="ISO Public Protection Classification" />

*'''Fire Prevention:''' programs that contain plan review; certificate of occupancy inspections; compliance follow-up; inspection of fire protection equipment; and fire prevention regulations related to fire lanes on area roads, hazardous material routes, fireworks, barbecue grills, and wildland-urban interface areas.

*'''Public Fire Safety Education Programs:''' fire safety education training and programs for schools, private homes and buildings with large loss potential or hazardous conditions and a juvenile fire setter intervention program.

==Minimum Requirements==

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To receive a PPC, a fire department must meet minimum infrastructure, staffing and equipment requirements. If a department does't meet at least one of the following requirements, then they are assigned a ''Class 10'' rating.

;===Organization===

*Formal fire department organized under state or local laws.

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*For departments that service multiple communities, a written contract must be present.

;===Membership===

*The department must respond at least four firefighters to structure fires. The chief may account for one of those required positions.

;===Training===

*The department must conduct at least two hours of training every two months for active firefighters.

;===Alarm Notification===

*There must be no delay in receiving alarms and dispatching firefighters/apparatus.

;===Housing===

*Apparatus must have adequate housing, as to protect it from weather.