What is iso class 1

ISO is an independent organization that evaluates a community's ability to respond to fires. The evaluation considers dozens of elements within the fire department, water department and dispatch center. Most of the country's major insurers use the ISO rating in their premium calculations.

What is ISO Class 2?

ISO Class 2 Rating\n\n This classification system gauges the capacity of a local fire department to respond to fires. The ISO uses their Fire Suppression Rating Schedule (FSRS) in reviewing the fire-fighting capabilities of individual communities.

What is ISO Class 3?

ISO Class 3, (Class1, FED STD 209E)\n\n This is the highest level of air cleanliness out of all the cleanrooms, with the standard set at only 1,000 particles per cubic meter. These particles must be smaller than 0.1 µm, making it an intensely high standard of cleanliness.

How many fire departments in the US are ISO Class 1?

By classifying communities' ability to suppress fires, ISO helps the communities evaluate their public fire-protection services. Currently, out of roughly 40,000 fire departments nationwide, there are 411 that hold an ISO CLASS 1 rating.

What is the ISO rating?

What is an ISO rating? Through the Public Protection Classification (PPC™) program, ISO evaluates the quality of public fire protection in more than 47,500 fire protection areas across the United States and assigns a PPC grading from 1 to 10.