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Volunteer fire department outlines ISO rating issues, training-field plan
Summary
Seabrook Volunteer Fire Department reported 2024 response statistics and explained how an on-site three-story training field factors into improving the city's Insurance Services Office (ISO) rating; councilmembers asked clarifying questions about the rating and its effect on residents' insurance costs.
The Seabrook Volunteer Fire Department presented its 2024 activity report to the City Council and explained how a dedicated local training field ties to the city's Insurance Services Office (ISO) public-protection classification.
Mason, identified as a presenter for the Seabrook Volunteer Fire Department, told the council the department ran 1,047 calls in Seabrook in 2024 and a total of about 1,229 calls for service when mutual-aid and adjacent jurisdictions are included. He said roughly 66% of calls were first-responder medical calls; the department documented 26 occasions that a volunteer medic rode to the hospital and 16 times the…
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