Every year, the WSRB Public Protection team evaluates communities across Washington state to determine their Protection Class (PC). In 2020, we’ll be evaluating more than 130.
Read MoreTopics: Protection class, fire protection classes, fire departments, public protection
Thanks to two television series (and a third one in the works), 90210 is perhaps the most famous ZIP code. The tens of thousands of other ZIP codes toil in relative obscurity but are no less important to not just mail delivery but also a wide variety of other business functions.
Read MoreTopics: Insurance underwriting, loss cost, PropertyEDGE™, fire protection classes, GIS Mapping, Risk Assessment
Providing our Subscribers with the best possible information and data to evaluate risk is our mission. We are constantly searching for new sources of information and, as technology and the world change, we must adapt and evolve to ensure you have the appropriate data. As we evaluated our Public Protection and Building Code Effectiveness Grading Schedule (BCEGS) Classification Manual, we noted that revisions were needed to accommodate the advances in fire protection methodologies and services.
Read MoreTopics: BCEGS, PropertyEDGE™, Protection, Protection class, fire protection classes, Subscriber Services
Every 24 seconds, a U.S. fire department responds to a blaze. Every 66 seconds, someone in America reports a structure fire. And every 34 minutes, a fire results in a civilian injury.
Read MoreTopics: fire hydrants, fire protection classes, fire departments
It may not surprise you to learn that fire is one of the major causes of loss in the United States. But it may come as a shock to realize that many fires are started on purpose.
Read MoreTopics: fire protection classes, fire departments, Home Fire Protection
