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RALEIGH – North Carolina Insurance Commissioner and State Fire Marshal Mike Causey announced today that the following Fire Districts completed its routine inspection and received listed rating on listed effective dates. The inspection, conducted by officials with the Department of Insurance Office of State Fire Marshal (OSFM), is required on a regular basis as part of the North Carolina Response Rating System (NCRRS). Among other things, the routine inspections look for proper staffing levels, sufficient equipment, proper maintenance of equipment, communications capabilities and availability of a water source.
District Type Rating Effective
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Bay Tree Rural 6/9E 06/01/2017
The NCRRS rating system ranges from one (highest) to 10 (not recognized as a certified fire department by the state), with most rural departments falling into the 9S category. While lower ratings do not necessarily indicate poor service, a higher rating does suggest that a department is overall better equipped to respond to fires in its district. Higher ratings can also significantly lower homeowners insurance rates in that fire district.
“I’d like to congratulate Chief Corbett for the department’s performance and for the hard work of all the department members,” said Commissioner Causey. “The citizens in the these Fire Districts should rest easy knowing they have a fine group of firefighters protecting them and their property in case of an emergency.”
” Great job by this department. There was a lot of work performed by these volunteers, especially the Chief, to make this happen,” said Bladen County Fire Marshal Bradley Kinlaw.
State law requires OSFM officials to inspect departments serving districts of 100,000 people or less, which makes up all but six of the state’s fire districts.
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