Hamden FD Gets Major ISO Public Protection Classification Upgrade

From the Town of Hamden: The Hamden Fire Department is proud to announce an upgrade in our ISO Public Protection Classification from a class 4 to a class 2. Out of approximately 40,000 ISO graded fire departments in the country, this puts the Hamden Fire Department in the top 5%. This is the culmination of years of work within the department to increase our readiness and effectiveness of response. These improvements have included a new training program and curriculum, capital improvements of apparatus, incorporating community risk reduction into our daily activities, deployment analysis and redistribution, and upgrades to our dispatch and emergency reporting procedures.

ISO's Public Protection Classification Program (PPC) plays an important role in the underwriting process at insurance companies. In fact, most U.S. insurers - including the largest ones - use PPC information as part of their decision- making when deciding what business to write, coverage's to offer or prices to charge for personal or commercial property insurance. PPC is important to communities and fire departments as well. Communities whose PPC improves may get lower insurance prices. PPC also provides fire departments with a valuable benchmark, and is used by many departments as a valuable tool when planning, budgeting and justifying fire protection improvements.

The Hamden Fire Department would like to thank Mayor Leng, his administration, and the legislative council for their support and funding of this endeavor to help protect the citizens of Hamden while providing one more reason for businesses and people to consider Hamden as a future home.