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AWARDS WE HAVE
WON!
The fascinating story of the burning of the Charlotte
Street area of New York’s South Bronx during the late 1960s and 70s
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| Date: September 16, 1997 Page:
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| Fire insurance rates may drop for residents of
Blue Township |
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| Blue Township residents may see a drop in fire insurance rates due to
fire equipment
improvements and the relocation of fire equipment by the Blue Township
Fire Department, according to Chief Eric
Ward. |
| In May, the Insurance Services Office completed a
public protection survey of Fire District No. 5. As a result
of the survey, the public protection rating for much of the district
has improved, Ward said. ISO rates public fire protection by
a fire department or district on a scale from 1 to 10, with
10 meaning "no fire protection" and 1 being a nearly perfect fire department.
The survey divides the fire district - which is just
east of Manhattan - into two groups:
Those within 1,000 feet of a fire hydrant on either
the Timbercreek Water System or on the Pottawatomie County Rural
Water District No. 1. District No. 1 was dropped from a eight to a
seven. Ward said this may result in a fire insurance rate
decrease for some residents.
Residents in the northwestern part of the township - Rocky
Ford, Spillway Marina/Washington Heights and Cedar Springs Ranch
Additions - may experience a change in rates. The Blue
Township Fire Department has relocated a fire truck to
the Rocky Ford Trailer Park. Ward said this area was previously
rated a 10, but could be dropped to a nine, which he said is a
significant decrease.
Those who are more than 1,000 feet from a fire
hydrant, but already within five miles of the main station on
Scottie Lane, will not see an immediate decrease in rates. Ward said
the criteria for dropping below a nine rating would require the
ability to deliver 250 gallons of water per minute for at least two
hours.
Ward said this is typically done via fire hydrants,
but the implementation of mutual aid program with other fire
departments and the shuttling of water tank trucks can also help
in lowering the rating. Ward said once this is done, everyone in the
district within five miles of a fire station will drop to the
class seven rating.
Four years ago, Blue Township residents approved a
three year, two mill property tax increase to buy new equipment and
provide better service and lower fire insurance rates, Ward
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