Performance Audit Arkansas Fire Safety

Personnel, Training, and Equipment Preparedness

ARKANSAS DIVISION OF LEGISLATIVE AUDIT June 12, 2003

Members of the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee:

We have conducted a performance audit to inform the Committee of Arkansas’ overall fire safety preparedness in the areas of personnel, training, and equipment. In addition to examining preparedness, it is the intention of this report to make recommendations where the State as a whole can further assist small communities in achieving a higher standard of readiness.

This audit was performed in accordance with the applicable standards contained in Government Auditing Standards issued by the Comptroller General of the United States. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to provide sufficient, competent, and relevant evidence to achieve the objectives of the audit. We trust the information in this report will assist you in your legislative decision making process.

DIVISION OF LEGISLATIVE AUDIT

Charles L. Robinson, CPA, CFE Legislative Auditor

February 11, 2003 PSPE01302

Arkansas Division of Legislative Audit

Executive Summary

Arkansas Fire Safety - Personnel, Training, and Equipment Preparedness

INTRODUCTION

While fire protection services have traditionally been considered a local issue, preparedness becomes a statewide issue when citizens travel around the State. This report is being issued to inform the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee (LJAC) of Arkansas’ overall fire safety preparedness in the areas of personnel, training, and equipment. This report also discusses the services provided by and the needs of local paid and volunteer fire departments. In addition to examining preparedness, it is the intention of this report to make recommendations where the State as a whole can further assist small communities in achieving a higher standard of readiness.

OBJECTIVES

Our objectives in conducting this performance audit were as follows:

Detail the services provided by local fire departments;

Analyze the sources and adequacy of funding at local departments;

Evaluate the staffing, training, and equipment available in Arkansas’ communities; and

Determine the importance and impact of the Insurance Services Office, Inc. (ISO) Rating in continuing to improve Arkansas fire departments.

SCOPE AND METHODOLOGY

We interviewed representatives from the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management’s Office of Fire Services, the Arkansas Fire Training Academy, the Arkansas Forestry Commission, the Department of Rural Services, a representative sample of Arkansas fire departments, and the Insurance Services Office, Inc. (ISO) evaluator for Arkansas. We per- formed reviews of the individual fire departments’ records and Office of Fire Service records related to funding, training certification, salary structures, performance records, and equipment listings.

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CONCLUSIONS

Our review resulted in the following conclusions and recommendations:

Department of Emergency Management – Office of Fire Services

• The organization of fire services at the state level is The distributed among nine (9) separate and distinct organization of agencies, boards, and commissions – each serving a fire services at different function and providing oversight for a different the state level is area of fire services. Many fire departments, especially distributed the volunteer departments whose members have among nine (9) separate full time jobs, do not have the time nor the separate and resources to make themselves aware of grant and distinct training opportunities that are available from each of these nine (9) different agencies. Additionally, many agencies, departments we interviewed requested state assistance boards, and in grant writing. Many feel that grant awards are based commissions… upon their grant writing skills. Some we spoke with felt intimidated by the cumbersome grant application forms. A single office in a central location with a small fulltime staff could provide expert grant-writing assistance for all of Arkansas’ local fire departments, thereby allowing local departments in the State to become more A single office competitive in receiving grants by aggressively pursuing in a central Federal and private grant opportunities that are available location… could nationwide. A centralized grant writing office at the provide expert Arkansas Department of Emergency Management’s grant-writing Office of Fire Services could serve all the departments assistance for across the state. all of Arkansas’ With a current staff of three (3), we recommend the local fire Arkansas Department of Emergency Management’s departments... Office of Fire Services be expanded to include grant- writing personnel and more broadly promote itself to local fire departments as a single contact for obtaining information related to Federal, State, and private grants and training opportunities that are available to them.

Management Response: Arkansas Department of Emergency Management concurs with the recommendation.

• Act 1303 of 1993 (Arkansas Code Annotated 20-22- 1006) requires the Department of Emergency Management’s Office of Fire Services to develop a comprehensive program for the coordination of resources of the State of Arkansas and its local governments into a plan to be referred to as the

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“Arkansas Fire Protection Services Resources Plan.” We found no indication that the Office of Fire Services had developed the plan as required.

Management Response: Act 1303 of 1993 (Arkansas code Annotated 20-22-1006) was not funded to allow the addition of employees and expenditures needed to carry out the functions of [the Act].

• The most specific equipment need expressed by small departments is a defibrillator. A defibrillator is a small medical device that performs cardiac resuscitation. Several… Several of the departments recorded instances where departments lives were lost that might have been saved had a recorded defibrillator been present. In March 2003, the Office of EMS and Trauma Systems at the Arkansas Department instances where of Health is scheduled to release 172 defibrillators to live were lost local emergency service units purchased with Federal that might have funds provided by the United States Department of been saved had Health and Human Services. However, future Federal a defibrillator funding has not been secured and additional been present. defibrillators are necessary to meet the need in small communities. As shown in Appendix A, there are approximately 900 fire departments in Arkansas.

As a result, we recommend the Office of Fire Services (in conjunction with our recommendation of grant writing consolidation) pursue additional grants and other sources of funding to allow additional departments to obtain this vital life saving tool. Currently, defibrillators cost an estimated $3,500.00 each.

Management Response: ADEM commends The Arkansas Department of Health for their work on the [defibrillator] grant program for fire departments. For a fire department to respond with [a defibrillator], the fire department must be affiliated with an Emergency Medical Services and have the EMS’s Medical Director to sign off on the fire department, through the Arkansas Department of Health’s licensing. With expanded grant writing capability, ADEM will work with ADH to build an expanded [defibrillator] grant program.

Arkansas Fire Training Academy

• While classroom training is important, many fire department representatives we interviewed felt that it can never replace the experience gained from training in real-life situations simulated in a burn building. One Fire Chief of a paid department indicated that due to the improvements made in constructing and designing buildings, many of the firefighters that had been with his department for five (5) or less years had yet to iii Arkansas Fire Safety – Personnel, Training, and Equipment Preparedness

experience a real structure fire. He stated the experi- …the ence of being inside a burning structure and the ability to experience of predict what a fire is going to do by listening to the fire is becoming a rare commodity and this lack of experience being inside a may have dire consequences in the future. As a result, a burning need was expressed by both large and small depart- structure and ments for the construction of burn buildings at additional the ability to training sites around the state. An additional reason for predict what a the need to increase the number of training sites is fire is going to training in burn buildings needs to be conducted do by listening frequently. Currently the distance to burn buildings, as to the fire is demonstrated in Exhibit IV on page 9, is restrictive to becoming a rare the amount of training that departments can afford to commodity… conduct. Training at a burn building requires a department to transport their firefighting equipment to the training site. For example, we noted in our visit to the northwest region of the state, firefighters from the growing cities of Bentonville and Rogers must travel in excess of one hour in one direction to reach the isolated Lincoln training facility managed by the Arkansas Fire Training Academy. Fire departments in the Delta region are especially disadvantaged. Stuttgart, for example, is at a distance in excess of 100 miles from either the Camden or Jonesboro training sites. Most departments cannot afford to have personnel and equipment absent from the district for such long periods of time nor are most departments able to pay the overtime necessary for the training to occur after hours.

At an estimated cost of $500,000 for each facility, we recommend the Arkansas Fire Training Academy pursue grants and other sources of funding for the construction of additional training sites around the State.

Surplus Property

• While the Arkansas Forestry Commission coordinates the distribution of Federal excess property to local fire departments, the use of the Department of Finance and Administration’s Marketing and Redistribution services or an equivalent could assist smaller departments in obtaining equipment from larger departments within the State. While the large departments are able to resell larger pieces of equipment, they may not be interested in the amount of effort needed to sell smaller items such as used turnout units, hoses, or shovels, they wish to replace. Many smaller departments could utilize these discarded items.

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ISO Rating Service

• The ISO Rating serves as the primary incentive for fire departments to improve in order to reduce fire insurance …the Arkansas rates. At the time of fieldwork, concerns were expressed Insurance about the possibility of a major fire insurance company Commissioner ceasing to utilize the ISO Rating in establishing premium issued Directive rates. Without the use of the ISO Rating, insurance 3-2002 companies would no longer be required to consider the requiring… the preparedness of local fire departments in setting use of the ISO premiums. However, on May 28, 2002, the Arkansas Rating or its Insurance Commissioner issued Directive 3-2002 equivalent… requiring that the quality of fire protection services be used as an “integral component in the development of property rates…” and the use of the ISO Rating or its equivalent to be a relevant factor “which insurers must give due consideration…”

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BACKGROUND actuality a combination of paid and volunteer. Fire departments provide fire response services in three (3) distinct FIRE DEPARTMENT areas – structure fires, brush or FUNDING grass fires, and automobile fires. Each service requires a different style of Fire departments generally receive their response and a different nature of funding from five (5) specific sources: equipment to extinguish the fire. In addition to combating fires, many fire “Act 833 Funding”; departments provide: Local Funding – special sales tax, property tax fees, and/or general 1) EMS or emergency medical funds; response services (these services include first response Grants from governmental and private entities; teams performing cardiac and respiratory resuscitation); Membership fees from individuals

2) Inspections of commercial and and businesses covered within a fire department’s district; and governmental buildings for compliance with established fire Donations from individual codes; and contributors or through fundraisers.

3) HAZ-MAT responses for Each source of funding is discussed hazardous material spills or separately below: contaminations. “Act 833 Funding” Each of these services requires different training and equipment. “Act 833 Funding” is a significant source of funding for most fire departments. Fire departments are categorized as Created by Act 833 of 1991, “Act 833 either – Rural, Rural District, or Funding” is derived from a 1/2 of 1 Municipal. Rural Departments are percent (0.5%) tax on fire insurance supported principally through volunteer collected from insurers by the Arkansas contributions from local property Insurance Commissioner. The collec- owners. Rural District Departments are tions are deposited into the Fire created by the majority of landowners in Protection Premium Tax Fund quarterly a designated area and are authorized to and are distributed among counties extend an annual assessment on all using percentages stated in the Act. In property owners in the established calendar year 2001, $7,030,496.03 district. Municipal Departments are was collected in tax revenue. A listing formed by municipal ordinances. of each county’s designated percentage Departments are further divided under the Act and the amount of funding between volunteer and paid. Volunteer made available to each county during fire departments consist of firefighters calendar year 2001 is presented in who are not payrolled employees. Paid Schedule 1 on page 14 of this report. fire departments have firefighters who Without this funding, many fire are either salaried or paid an hourly departments in the State would not be wage. It should be noted that while a able to exist, much less function department may be designated as a adequately. “paid” fire department, many are in

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In order to be eligible to receive “Act presented by county in Appendix A of 833 Funding”, (currently admin- this report. istered by the Department of Emergency Management’s Office of The use of “Act 833 Funding” is Fire Services) a department must restricted to authorized purchases as meet detailed certification require- determined by the Fire Advisory ments that were issued by the former Board. A listing of specifically approved Arkansas Fire Protection Services and disapproved purchase items is Board. A listing of all Arkansas fire presented in Exhibit I. Each depart- departments certified by the Arkansas ment must report their “Act 833 Department of Emergency Manage- Funding” expenditures annually to the ment’s Office of Fire Services in 2001 is Office of Fire Services.

Exhibit I

“Act 833 Funding” Approved / Disapproved Purchase Items

“Act 833 Funding” Approved Items

• Barrier tape • Inspections • Radio upgrade • Batteries (flashlight, • Hepatitis vaccinations • Radio license radio, and vehicle) • Hoses • Radio repair • Chargers • Insurance (liability on fire • Refurbishing newly • Communications vehicles only) acquired older fire equipments • Jaws of life vehicles • Computers (printer, • Land (for new fire • Repairs to fire station software, and surge stations) • Table/chairs for training protectors) • Matching grants • Tarps • Copiers • Mounting brackets • Trailers • Fax machines • Paint (for fire vehicles) • Training (fire and EMT) • FETN (training network) • Pamphlets (fire • Truck maintenance • Fire fighting equipment prevention) (anti-freeze, brake • Fire hose washer • Parts repair, filters, fuses, oil, • Fire stations • Personal protective tires, and wiper blades) • Fire trucks and other fire equipment (no uniforms, • Truck repairs – major fighting vehicles caps, patches, etc.) • TVs/VCRs and stands • Gallon cans • Physical fitness • Washing machines • Gas equipment • Wheel chocks

“Act 833 Funding” Disapproved Items

• Air conditioners for fire • Decals • Power truck washers station • Desks • Steam clean engines • Attorney/Architect and/or • Equipment for Fire Chief • Storage sheds survey fees for new fire vehicles • Uniforms (Turnout units stations • File cabinets are allowed) • Bank charges/checks • Fire Chief vehicles • Utilities • Blank VCR tapes • Lockers • Cameras/camcorders • Mileage to classes Source: Arkansas Department of Emergency Management – Office of Fire Services

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Local Funding Fund Raising / Donations

While all departments do not receive Fundraising is a common practice local funding, for those who do, local among fire departments. Many conduct funding is typically a large portion of the bake sales, fish fries, or sell items such department’s budget. The source of as calendars and candy in an effort to local funding varies from community to raise additional funding. While fund- community. Departments receive raising serves as an additional local funding primarily through a source of revenue, it is a very time special sales tax, the application of a consuming activity for fire depart- fee on a home or business owner’s ment personnel. property tax, or a designated portion of a municipality’s general budget. A few of the departments we The amount and source of funding interviewed have received sizable received by every local department is private donations from individual too varied to present in this report. citizens. However, we noted that private donations from local citizens are few Grants and far between.

In addition to Federal and private grants that are available to local fire depart- ments, the State of Arkansas offers several grants for local fire depart- ments as detailed on pages 6 through 10 of this report.

Membership Fees

Membership fees or service availability fees are another source of revenue for some departments. Membership fees are the dues a business or residential property owner pays to volunteer fire departments in exchange for fire PERSONNEL, TRAINING, protection services. This basis of in- AND EQUIPMENT come, however, has proven to be PREPAREDNESS unreliable due to the inability of departments to enforce the payment of In order to gain a broader understanding the fees. Arkansas Code Annotated 20- of the personnel, training, and 22-901 requires volunteer fire depart- equipment needs of local fire ments to respond and attempt to control departments in Arkansas, we inter- all reported fires within their district viewed representatives from thirteen whether the property is owned by (13) fire departments of varying size and members or nonmembers. Volunteer category (municipal, rural, volunteer, fire departments are entitled to paid) located throughout the State. recover from nonmember property Those departments interviewed were owners or the company insuring the located in Bentonville, Bryant, property against loss the reasonable Carthage, Clarendon, DeQueen, El value of its services, not to exceed Dorado, Gosnell, Gould, Leslie, $5,000. Mount Ida, Pocahontas, Rose Bud,

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and Texarkana. Exhibit II illustrates ments with that of similar-sized depart- the counties where the fire depart- ments in other states. However, we ments we visited are located. were unable to do this because the pay structure varies too widely for Exhibit II comparison purposes among Arkansas’ departments. Some departments pay Locations, by County, of Fire flat salaries, others an hourly rate Departments Interviewed plus overtime after varying hours, and still others an hourly rate plus so much per fire response and a different amount per medical re- sponse. The same was true for volunteer departments; some pay a flat stipend per fire call while others do not.

Training

Training of Arkansas firefighters and the achievement of their certification is primarily obtained through the Arkansas Fire Training Academy (AFTA) and its three (3) satellite Those interviews with local fire depart- training facilities. AFTA is discussed ments are discussed below. in more detail on page 9 of this report. Personnel In order to be classified by the Office of One of the questions we asked during Fire Services as a certified firefighter, an our interview with local fire department individual must successfully complete representatives concerned the ade- two (2) courses at the AFTA quacy of the number of personnel in (“Introduction to Firefighting” and their departments. For the paid “Protective Equipment” or its equiva- departments, all indicated they were lent), the “Wildland Fire Suppression” fully staffed, recruitment was not an course presented by the Arkansas issue, and for some there was a Forestry Commission, and complete six lengthy waiting list for positions to (6) hours of in- became available. For the volunteer house training departments this was not always the quarterly. case. While most felt they had a sufficient number of volunteers, more We asked the are always needed. However, because thirteen (13) fire firefighters are dependent on other team departments in- members for their own personal safety cluded in our and want to feel confident that another sample to eval- qualified person is serving beside them, uate the quality most of the volunteer departments were of training pro- more interested in quality over quantity. vided by the We also examined the impact salary Academy. Most structure has in the area of staffing. For were emphatic that, while the Academy paid departments, we attempted to has had its ups and downs, over the compare salaries in Arkansas’ depart- past few years the Academy has made

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significant improvements in offering to the northwest region of the state, quality training to firefighters. Again, firefighters from the growing cities of based upon the size and category of the Bentonville and Rogers must travel in fire department, each had their own excess of one hour in one direction to emphasis on the areas the Academy reach the isolated Lincoln training facility could strengthen. managed by AFTA. The fire departments in the Delta region are The larger de- especially disadvantaged. Stuttgart, for partments noted example, is at a distance in excess of the need for an 100 miles from either the Camden or increase in offi- Jonesboro training sites. Most cer training to departments cannot afford to have be made avail- personnel and equipment absent from able to aid their the district for such long periods of time efforts in improving management and and at such long distances. In addition, fire coordination efforts. Additionally, most departments are unable to pay the the larger departments were concerned overtime necessary for the training to less with classroom training than with occur after hours. practical training. While classroom training is important, many felt that it can At an estimated cost of $500,000 for never replace the experience gained each facility, we recommend the from training in real-life situations Arkansas Fire Training Academy pursue simulated in a burn building. One Fire grants and other sources of funding for Chief of a paid department indicated the construction of additional training that due to the improvements made in sites around the State. These additional constructing and designing buildings, training sites, if located closer to largely many of the firefighters that had been populated areas, would allow the with his department for five (5) or less maximum number of training hours for years had yet to experience a real the largest number of firefighters. structure fire. He stated the experience of being inside a burning structure and Equipment the ability to predict what a fire is going to do by listening to the fire is becoming The need for equipment demonstrates a a rare commodity and this lack of gap between large and small depart- experience may have dire con- ments. The larger departments we sequences in the future. As a result, a examined appear well equipped with the need was expressed by both large and most modern of firefighting equipment. small departments for the construction However, the smaller and more rural of burn buildings at additional training districts are in need of some basic sites around the State. equipment. While the State can in no While training in burn buildings way afford to pur- needs to be conducted frequently, chase every depart- the distance to burn buildings, as ment everything that demonstrated in Exhibit IV on page 9, it needs, we identified is prohibitive to the amount of three (3) cost effect- training that departments can afford tive ways in which the to conduct. Training at a burn building State can assist local requires a department to transport their fire departments in firefighting equipment to the training obtaining equipment vital to their site. For example, we noted in our visit operation.

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One area in which the State can be of they wish to replace. Many smaller great assistance to local departments departments could utilize these dis- in obtaining funding is in the area of carded items. grant awareness and grant writing. Many departments, especially the The most specific equipment need volunteer departments whose members expressed by small departments is a have separate full time jobs, do not have defibrillator. A defibrillator is a small the time nor the resources to make medical device that performs cardiac themselves aware of the grant resuscitation. Several of the depart- opportunities that are available. Sug- ments recorded instances where lives gestions were made during our were lost that might have been saved interviews that a central statewide had a defibrillator been present. In location be created to provide March 2003, the Office of EMS and information on federal, state, and private Trauma Systems at the Arkansas grants that are available to them. Department of Health is scheduled to Others went further to request State release 172 defibrillators to local assistance in writing grants. Many feel emergency service units purchased with grant awards are based upon grant Federal funds provided by the United writing skills. Some we spoke with felt States Department of Health and intimidated by the cumbersome grant Human Services. However, future application forms. A single office with a Federal funding has not been secured small staff could provide expert grant- and additional defibrillators are writing services for all of Arkansas’ local necessary to meet the need in small fire departments in one (1) central communities. We recommend the location. This would allow local Office of Fire Services (in conjunction departments in the state to become with our recommendation of grant more competitive in receiving grants by writing consolidation) pursue grants and aggressively pursuing all Federal and other sources of funding to allow smaller private grant opportunities that are departments to begin obtaining this vital available nationwide. A centralized life saving tool. Currently, defibrillators grant writing office at the Arkansas cost an estimated $3,500.00 each. Department of Emergency Manage- ment’s Office of Fire Services could STATE ORGANIZATION OF serve all the departments across the State. FIRE SERVICES

While the Arkansas Forestry Commis- The organization of fire services in sion coordinates the distribution of the State of Arkansas is divided Federal excess property to local fire among nine (9) separate and distinct departments, the use of the Depart- agencies, boards, and commissions ment of Finance and Administration’s as illustrated in Exhibit III, and listed Marketing and Redistribution ser- below: vices or an equivalent could assist smaller departments in obtaining ♦ Office of Fire Services within the equipment from larger fire depart- Arkansas Department of ments within the State. While the large Emergency Management; departments are able to resell larger pieces of equipment, they may not be ♦ Arkansas Fire Advisory Board; interested in the amount of effort ♦ Arkansas Fire Prevention needed to sell smaller items such as Commission; used turnout units, hoses, or shovels,

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Exhibit III ♦ State Fire Marshal located within the Arkansas State Police; Organization of Fire Services

♦ Rural Fire Protection Service located within the Arkansas Arkansas Office of Forestry Commission; Department Fire Of Services Emergency ♦ Arkansas Fire Training Academy; Management

♦ Arkansas Fire Protection Licensing Board; Arkansas Fire Advisory ♦ Rural Development Commission; Board and

♦ Arkansas Department of Rural Arkansas Services. Fire Prevention Commission Each serves a different function and provides oversight for a different area of fire services. Arkansas State State Fire Department of Emergency Police Marshal Management – Office of Fire Services G O The Office of Fire Services, as V Arkansas Rural established by Arkansas Code Forestry Fire Annotated 20-22-805, serves as the E Commission Protection Service point of contact for the State of R Arkansas concerning federal, state, and N local fire services-related programs and O Arkansas services. The Office of Fire Services R Fire is charged by Act 1303 of 1993 (ACA Training Academy 20-22-1006) to develop a comprehensive program for the coordination of resources of the Fire State of Arkansas and its local Protection governments into a plan to be Licensing Board referred to as the “Arkansas Fire Protection Services Resources Plan”. The legislation dictates the plan to Rural include: Development Commission 1. Plans for providing fire services in the various rural areas of this state which do not have available the Arkansas benefits or services of an organ- Department ized or voluntary firefighting pro- Of Rural Services gram;

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2. Strategies for updating and im- Fire Advisory Board proving fire services in urban, suburban, and rural areas which The Fire Advisory Board advises the have fire services but which need Director of the Arkansas Department of improvements and for assisting Emergency Management and the Office existing organized and volunteer of Fire Protection Services on matters firefighting services in making pertaining to training, certification, those improvements; and standards related to fire services in Arkansas and in the development 3. Determination of the type, needs, and formulation of the Arkansas Fire and means to procure firefighting Protection Services Resources Plan. vehicles and equipment for fire services agencies of local govern- Arkansas Fire Prevention ments; Commission

4. Development of training programs The Commission’s goal is to bring designed to instruct and train public awareness to the dangers of firefighters at the Arkansas Fire fires in the home and occupied Training Academy to be employed structures and to provide information or used by both urban and rural on how to reduce those risks. The organized and volunteer fire ser- Commission is charged with developing vices agencies; a statewide fire prevention plan and with advising the Legislative and Executive 5. Coordination of the efforts of all branches on the importance of fire state and local government fire prevention matters. services agencies for the purpose of making maximum use of the State Fire Marshal services and resources for the prevention and mitigation of injury Act 254 of 1955 created the Fire and damage caused by fire and Marshal’s Office of the State Police. other hazards; Among the responsibilities of the Fire Marshal are the prevention of fires, 6. Measurement of the prompt and regulatory authority for storage, sale, effective response to fires and and use of combustibles and explosives, other hazards and disasters; licensing of fire alarm and sprinkler system installers, and the investigation 7. Identification of areas which are of the cause, origin, and circum- particularly vulnerable to fire and stances of suspicious fires and/or hazards and other disasters; and arson activity.

8. Recommendations for im- Forestry Commission – Rural Fire provements in the firefighting, Protection Service prevention, training, mitigation, and adjunct services for state and Established in 1979, The Rural Fire local fire services agencies. Protection Service of the Arkansas Forestry Commission helps commu- Our review indicates that the Office nities organize, equip, and train of Fire Services has yet to compile volunteer fire departments. The Com- and publish the resource plan as mission coordinates the loaning of directed by legislation. Federal excess property to local departments and administers a

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$910,000 interest free revolving loan materials, and emergency medical fund for volunteer and municipal fire services. The Academy is accredited departments to purchase firefighting by the International Fire Service equipment and vehicles. Additionally, Accreditation Congress (IFSAC) and the the Commission administers the National Board on Fire Service Volunteer Fire Assistance Grant for Professional Qualifications (NPQS or the United States Department of ProBoard) to certify personnel to the Agriculture which provides $500 grants Firefighter I, Firefighter II, Hazardous to fire departments for the purchase of Materials-Awareness and Hazardous firefighting equipment. For the two (2) Materials-Operations levels. The Acad- calendar years ending December 31, emy is a statewide agency with training 2001, 474 pieces of equipment were sites located across Arkansas. loaned to local fire departments through the Commissions management of the The administrative offices and main Federal Excess Personal Property campus/training site are located east of Program. For calendar years 2000 and Camden on the Southern Arkansas 2001, the revolving loan fund financed University Tech campus. Three (3) 140 loans to departments in the amount satellite-training centers are located in of $1,107,515.90. A listing of the Jonesboro, Lincoln, and Marshall (see counties with departments receiving Exhibit IV). Each campus contains financing through the revolving loan classroom training facilities, a burn fund is presented in Schedule 2 on building, and a drill tower. Two (2) page 15. additional training centers in DeQueen Exhibit IV and Pocahontas provide classroom training facilities. Arkansas Fire Training Academy and Satellite Facilities Containing Burn Exhibit V Buildings in Contrast to Populated Counties Summary of Arkansas Fire Training Academy 2002 Course Schedule Offerings . . Arson Investigation . First Responder Firefighter Standards Instructional Techniques for Company Officers Basic and Advanced Structure Fires Leadership Fire Attack Basic Search and Rescue . Auto Extrication HAZ-MAT Operations Incident Command System Note: The counties highlighted in green contain MCTO Preparation, Decision populations in excess of 50,000. Making, and Tactics Fire Training Academy Fire Officer Emergency Vehicle Operations The Arkansas Fire Training Academy Pump Operations provides free professional education Meth Lab Awareness Source: Arkansas Fire Training Academy and training in firefighting, hazardous

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The Academy offers classes in a variety cash and must be available at the time of subjects at varying skill levels. The of application. In the past, grant funding scheduled topics are primarily selected has been used for new fire stations, based upon requests from local fire additional bays for existing stations, departments for areas of training. A turnout gear (hats, gloves, boots), summary of class titles which were communications equipment, fire trucks, scheduled for presentation at the extrication equipment and brush trucks. Academy in calendar year 2002 is The Department of Rural Services uses presented in Exhibit V on page 9. three (3) primary criteria in making awards: Fire Protection Licensing Board Distributing awards throughout the The Arkansas Fire Protection Licensing State by limiting the number of Board was created by Act 743 of 1977 recipients per county per year; with the purpose and intent of Ranking the priority of awards monitoring the installation and servicing beginning with departments with the of portable fire extinguishers, fixed fire lowest ISO ratings (ISO ratings are suppression systems, fire sprinkler discussed on pages 11 through 13 systems, and to provide for the of the report); and registration and licensing of businesses and individuals who provide such Providing housing for communities services. The goal of the licensing to protect fire service equipment program is to minimize personal already purchased. injury and property damage, which might result from improperly Exhibit VI identifies the counties with installed or improperly maintained communities receiving grant awards fire-extinguishing systems. during calendar years 2000 and 2001. A complete listing of grant awards by Rural Development Commission / county for those two (2) calendar years Department of Rural Services is presented in Schedule 2, page 15.

The mission of the Department of Rural Exhibit VI Services is to “enhance the quality of life in rural Arkansas.” In relation to fire Counties with Communities protection services, the Department Receiving Rural Fire serves as the coordinator for the funding Protection Grant Awards of the State Rural Fire Protection Calendar Years 2000 and 2001 Grant. Applications are accepted from incorporated towns with a population of less than 3,000 and unincorporated rural areas for grant awards for up to $15,000, which require matching funds. The match ratio for grant awards is 50/50. Matching funds may be comprised of in-kind labor, in- kind materials, or Source: Arkansas Department of Rural Services

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ISO RATING SYSTEM Alarm/Communication Facilities - The fire alarm or communications facilities Insurance Services Office, Inc. (ISO) is systems reflects the way in which the a conglomeration of insurance com- members of the department are notified panies for the purpose of evaluating of the need for fire response services. and assigning fire insurance This alarm or communication should be classifications for fire protection reliable in both receiving constant services and facilities in a commu- monitoring and in its ability to promptly nity. The classification, also known as notify firefighters of alarms. This may an ISO Rating, is used by insurance be accomplished through communica- companies in establishing fire insurance tion devices such as telephones, radios, rates. The classification is deter- and/or pagers. mined by an ISO evaluator who conducts a field review of the fire Exhibit VIII protection facilities in the community and compares them with the standards ISO Classification Rating contained in the ISO Fire Suppression Credit Points Class Rating Schedule (FSRS). The 90.0 – 100 1 classifications range from Class 1, 80.0 – 89.9 2 the highest, to Class 10, signifying 70.0 – 79.9 3 little or no recognized protection. 60.0 – 69.9 4 The FSRS lists standards in three (3) 50.0 – 59.9 5 weighted categories, as illustrated in 40.0 – 49.9 6 Exhibit VII and discussed individually 30.0 – 39.9 7 below: 20.0 – 29.9 8 Exhibit VII 10.0 – 19.9 9 00.1 – 09.9 10 ISO Fire Suppression Rating Source: Insurance Services Office, Inc. Categories / Weight

Fire Department – An organized fire Alarm / Water department is defined as consisting of a Communication Supply Facilities chief and approximately twelve (12) 40% 10% firefighters available for immediate re- sponse. Departments are to conduct regular meetings and perform monthly Fire structural firefighting drills and must be Department equipped with at least one (1) fire 50% department type pumper, or fire engine, capable of delivering 500 Source: Insurance Services Office, Inc. gallons of water per minute. The The total credit points in all three (3) pump on the fire engine should be of these categories determines the capable of delivering rated capacity at final ISO Rating a department receives. 150 per square inch (psi); 70% of The ISO Classification Rating chart is capacity at 200 psi; and 50% of capacity provided in Exhibit VIII. For example, at 250 psi. The minimum hose load we see that at least twenty (20) points of should be 1200’ of 2 1/2” hose. credit are needed for a department to Additionally, department apparatus must receive a Class 8 ISO Rating. be adequately housed to protect the equipment from the weather.

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Water Supply – The community’s water essence is not recognized by the supply must generally be capable of insurance industry as an organized and providing at least 20% of the required viable fire department. water used in fighting a fire. To be considered for a classification better In interviews with representatives from than Class 9 ISO Rating, in addition local fire departments, the Office of Fire to the community’s maximum domes- Services, as well as Arkansas’ ISO tic consumption, the system should evaluator, all stated Arkansas has made be capable of delivering at least 250 significant strides through efforts to gallons per minute for a 2-hour improve the quality of fire departments duration. over the past decade and increase local department ISO ratings. The maximum ISO Rating a community can receive is limited by the availability The ISO Rating serves as the primary of two (2) specific facilities for the Fire incentive for fire departments to improve Department and the Water Supply in order to reduce area fire insurance categories as outlined below: rates. At the time of fieldwork, there were concerns about the possibility of a 1. A piece of apparatus that has a pump major fire insurance company ceasing to with a rated capacity of 250 gallons per utilize the ISO Rating in establishing minute at 150 pounds of pressure per premium rates. Without the use of the square inch, and ISO Rating, insurance companies would no longer be required to consider the 2. A water system capable of delivering preparedness of local fire departments 250 gallons per minute or more for a period of two (2) hours (30,000 gallons), in setting premiums. However, on plus the maximum daily domestic May 28, 2002, the Arkansas Insurance consumption at the location of the fire. Commissioner issued Directive 3- 2002 requiring the quality of fire If the department does not meet these protection services be used as an two (2) minimum standards, then the “integral component in the develop- facility is judged by the Classification 9 ment of property rates…” and the use Requirements listed in Exhibit IX on of the ISO Rating or its equivalent to page 13. If failing to achieve an ISO be a relevant factor “which insurers Rating of 9, the fire department is must give due consideration…” assigned a Class 10 rating or in

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Exhibit IX

Minimum Requirements for Class 9 Protection Rating The fire department shall be organized on a permanent basis under applicable state or local law. The organization shall include one person responsible for operation of the department, usually with the title of chief. The fire department must serve an area with definite boundaries. If a city is not served by a fire department Organization solely operated by or for the governing body of that city, the fire department providing such service shall do so under a legal contract or resolution. When a fire department’s service area involves one or more cities, a contract should be executed with each city served. The fire department shall have sufficient membership to assure the response of at least 4 members to alarms. The “alarms” Membership considered are first alarms for fires in structures. The chief may be one of the responding members. Training for active members shall be conducted at least 2 hours Training every 2 months. Alarm facilities and arrangement shall be such that there is no Alarm delay in the receipt of alarms and the dispatch of firefighters and Notification apparatus. The fire department shall have at least one piece of apparatus meeting the general criteria of NFPA 1901, Automotive Fire Apparatus Apparatus. The apparatus shall have a permanently mounted pump capable of delivering 50 gpm or more at 150 psi, and a water tank with at least 300 gallon capacity. Records should indicate date, time, and location of fires, the number of responding members, meetings, training sessions, and Records maintenance of apparatus and equipment. A roster of fire department members should be kept up-to-date. The following equipment shall be provided: At least two (2) 150’ lengths of ¾” or 1” fire department booster hose. Two (2) portable fire extinguishers meeting specific requirements. One (1) 12’ ladder with folding hooks. Equipment One (1) 24’ extension ladder. One (1) pick-head axe. Two (2) electric hand lights. One (1) pike pole. One (1) bolt cutter. One (1) claw tool. One (1) crowbar. Apparatus shall be housed to provide protection from the Housing weather. Source: Insurance Services Office, Inc.

13 Schedule 1 "Act 833 Funding" Calendar Year 2001

Act 833 of 1991 Calendar Act 833 of 1991 Calendar County Funding Year 2001 County Funding Year 2001 County Population Percentages Funding County Population Percentages Funding Arkansas 20,749 0.78%$ 54,837.98 Lee 12,580 0.73%$ 51,322.73 Ashley 24,209 1.39% 97,724.09 Lincoln 14,492 1.12% 78,741.71 Baxter 38,386 1.78% 125,143.08 Little River 13,628 0.77% 54,134.93 Benton 153,406 3.86% 271,377.68 Logan 22,486 1.06% 74,523.40 Boone 33,948 1.46% 102,645.44 Lonoke 52,828 1.70% 119,512.67 Bradley 12,600 0.52% 36,558.65 Madison 14,243 0.95% 66,789.84 Calhoun 5,744 0.51% 35,855.60 Marion 16,140 1.00% 70,305.09 Carroll 25,357 0.97% 68,195.95 Miller 40,443 1.44% 101,239.34 Chicot 14,117 0.51% 35,855.60 Mississippi 51,979 1.77% 124,440.04 Clark 23,546 1.13% 79,444.76 Monroe 10,254 0.53% 37,261.71 Clay 17,609 1.10% 77,335.62 Montgomery 9,245 0.66% 46,401.36 Cleburne 24,046 1.11% 78,038.66 Nevada 9,955 0.58% 40,776.95 Cleveland 8,571 0.66% 46,401.36 Newton 8,608 0.67% 47,104.42 Columbia 25,603 1.24% 87,178.32 Ouachita 28,790 1.37% 96,317.99 Conway 20,336 1.04% 73,117.31 Perry 10,209 0.62% 43,589.16 Craighead 82,148 2.91% 204,587.84 Phillips 26,445 1.12% 78,741.71 Crawford 53,247 1.98% 139,204.10 Pike 11,303 0.87% 61,165.43 Crittenden 50,866 1.32% 92,802.73 Poinsett 25,614 1.14% 80,147.81 Cross 19,526 0.84% 59,048.33 Polk 20,229 1.01% 71,008.14 Dallas 9,210 0.45% 31,637.30 Pope 54,469 1.73% 121,627.82 Desha 15,341 0.71% 49,916.61 Prairie 9,539 0.83% 58,353.24 Drew 18,723 0.80% 56,244.08 Pulaski 361,474 5.99% 421,127.59 Faulkner 86,014 2.30% 161,701.73 Randolph 18,195 0.96% 67,492.90 Franklin 17,771 0.97% 68,195.95 Saline 83,529 3.00% 210,915.30 Fulton 11,642 0.84% 59,056.27 Scott 10,996 0.59% 41,480.01 Garland 88,068 3.12% 219,351.91 Searcy 8,261 0.73% 51,322.73 Grant 16,464 1.13% 79,444.76 Sebastian 115,071 2.06% 144,828.51 Greene 37,331 1.39% 97,724.09 Sevier 15,757 0.82% 57,650.18 Hempstead 23,587 1.89% 132,876.64 Sharp 17,119 1.30% 91,396.62 Hot Spring 30,353 1.46% 102,645.44 St. Francis 29,329 1.45% 101,942.40 Howard 14,300 0.75% 52,728.83 Stone 11,499 0.77% 54,134.93 Independence 34,233 1.90% 133,579.69 Union 45,629 2.01% 141,313.25 Izard 13,249 0.91% 63,977.64 Van Buren 16,192 1.18% 82,960.03 Jackson 18,418 0.95% 66,789.84 Washington 157,715 3.46% 243,255.64 Jefferson 84,278 2.32% 163,107.83 White 67,165 2.71% 190,526.82 Johnson 22,781 1.05% 73,820.36 Woodruff 8,741 0.47% 33,043.39 Lafayette 8,559 0.71% 49,916.61 Yell 21,139 1.11% 78,038.66 Lawrence 17,774 0.96% 67,492.90 TOTAL 2,673,400 100.00%$ 7,030,496.03

Source: Arkansas Department of Finance and Adminsitration 14 Schedule 2

Rural Fire Protection Program Loans and State Rural Fire Protection Grants Funding by County Calendar Years 2000 and 2001

Rural Fire State Rural Rural Fire State Rural Protection Fire Protection Protection Fire Protection County Population Loans Grants TOTAL County Population Loans Grants TOTAL

Arkansas 20,749$ 10,341.12 $ - $ 10,341.12 Lee 12,580$ - $ 4,275.00 $ 4,275.00 Ashley 24,209 - 33,835.00 33,835.00 Lincoln 14,492 16,087.84 4,355.00 20,442.84 Baxter 38,386 5,020.16 15,000.00 20,020.16 Little River 13,628 25,949.15 12,475.00 38,424.15 Benton 153,406 15,000.00 - 15,000.00 Logan 22,486 33,569.50 14,435.00 48,004.50 Boone 33,948 17,469.00 15,000.00 32,469.00 Lonoke 52,828 - 10,500.00 10,500.00 Bradley 12,600 - 8,000.00 8,000.00 Madison 14,243 26,946.59 29,900.00 56,846.59 Calhoun 5,744 10,324.42 6,482.00 16,806.42 Marion 16,140 - 2,558.00 2,558.00 Carroll 25,357 9,500.00 14,900.00 24,400.00 Miller 40,443 44,134.79 6,965.00 51,099.79 Chicot 14,117 15,281.89 15,000.00 30,281.89 Mississippi 51,979 3,450.00 - 3,450.00 Clark 23,546 13,982.91 - 13,982.91 Monroe 10,254 17,469.00 - 17,469.00 Clay 17,609 35,143.72 22,500.00 57,643.72 Montgomery 9,245 41,061.00 - 41,061.00 Cleburne 24,046 55,376.21 1,000.00 56,376.21 Nevada 9,955 5,000.00 - 5,000.00 Cleveland 8,571 - 12,000.00 12,000.00 Newton 8,608 38,546.40 - 38,546.40 Columbia 25,603 - 13,000.00 13,000.00 Ouachita 28,790 10,469.00 26,659.00 37,128.00 Conway 20,336 35,145.58 2,717.00 37,862.58 Perry 10,209 14,901.80 - 14,901.80 Craighead 82,148 - 23,845.00 23,845.00 Phillips 26,445 15,000.00 - 15,000.00 Crawford 53,247 22,895.00 30,000.00 52,895.00 Pike 11,303 5,780.95 1,750.00 7,530.95 Crittenden 50,866 - 14,900.00 14,900.00 Poinsett 25,614 - - - Cross 19,526 - 7,500.00 7,500.00 Polk 20,229 7,211.28 31,235.00 38,446.28 Dallas 9,210 5,216.00 6,700.00 11,916.00 Pope 54,469 2,000.00 22,400.00 24,400.00 Desha 15,341 - - - Prairie 9,539 10,247.25 32,124.00 42,371.25 Drew 18,723 - 14,584.00 14,584.00 Pulaski 361,474 59,032.00 - 59,032.00 Faulkner 86,014 17,127.06 6,000.00 23,127.06 Randolph 18,195 20,101.76 - 20,101.76 Franklin 17,771 40,918.83 - 40,918.83 Saline 83,529 20,136.54 2,480.00 22,616.54 Fulton 11,642 2,815.00 15,951.00 18,766.00 Scott 10,996 9,700.00 15,312.00 25,012.00 Garland 88,068 51,459.59 13,711.00 65,170.59 Searcy 8,261 2,269.00 10,000.00 12,269.00 Grant 16,464 7,478.00 13,778.00 21,256.00 Sebastian 115,071 15,000.00 15,000.00 30,000.00 Greene 37,331 21,311.48 12,500.00 33,811.48 Sevier 15,757 - - - Hempstead 23,587 33,226.89 22,961.00 56,187.89 Sharp 17,119 - - - Hot Spring 30,353 12,901.12 14,298.00 27,199.12 St. Francis 29,329 - 15,000.00 15,000.00 Howard 14,300 9,719.00 6,000.00 15,719.00 Stone 11,499 15,060.00 11,888.00 26,948.00 Independence 34,233 2,469.00 - 2,469.00 Union 45,629 30,000.00 - 30,000.00 Izard 13,249 - 7,587.00 7,587.00 Van Buren 16,192 10,308.98 18,697.00 29,005.98 Jackson 18,418 40,962.22 - 40,962.22 Washington 157,715 17,575.27 - 17,575.27 Jefferson 84,278 14,278.70 15,000.00 29,278.70 White 67,165 51,150.90 11,676.00 62,826.90 Johnson 22,781 - 29,297.00 29,297.00 Woodruff 8,741 13,000.00 - 13,000.00 Lafayette 8,559 2,608.00 15,000.00 17,608.00 Yell 21,139 8,386.00 - 8,386.00 Lawrence 17,774 10,000.00 - 10,000.00 TOTAL 2,673,400$ 1,107,515.90 $ 728,730.00 $ 1,836,245.90

Source: Arkansas Forestry Commission's Rural Fire Protection Service and the Arkansas Department of Rural Services

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Appendix A

Arkansas Fire Department ISO Ratings

Appendix A Arkansas Fire Department ISO Ratings As Reported to the Office of Fire Protection Services in 2001

COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT TYPE VOLUNTEER ISO Arkansas St. Charles Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 8 Arkansas One Horse Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Arkansas Alcorn Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Arkansas Gillett Fire Department M No 8 Arkansas Tichnor Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Arkansas Humphrey Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 8 Arkansas DeWitt Fire Department M No 6 Arkansas Almyra Fire Department M No 9 Arkansas Casscoe Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Arkansas Stuttgart Fire Department M No 5 Ashley Crossett Fire Department M No 4 Ashley Unity-Frost Prairie Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 7-9 Ashley Portland Volunteer Fire Department M Yes Ashley Hamburg Fire Department M No 5 Ashley North Crossett Volunteer Fire District RD Yes 7 Ashley West Crossett Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Ashley Montrose Fire Department M No 8 Ashley Wilmot Fire and Rescue M No 8 Baxter Gassville Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 5 Baxter Grover Township Fire Protection District RD No 7 Baxter Rodney Volunteer Fire Protection District R Yes 9 Baxter Handcove Fire District RD No 9 Baxter Henderson Fire Protection District RD No 5 Baxter Lone Rock Fire Protection District RD No 9 Baxter Salesville Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 8 Baxter Northeast Lakeside Fire Department R No 5 Baxter Norfork Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 7 Baxter Mountain Home Fire Department M No 3 Baxter Midway Volunteer Fire Protection District RD Yes 5 Baxter Tracy Area Fire Protection District RD No 7 Baxter Clarkridge Volunteer Fire Department RD Yes 9 Baxter Buford Community Volunteer Fire R Yes 9 Baxter Big Flat Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 9 Baxter 101 Gamaliel Fire District RD No 6 Baxter Cotter Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 5 Benton Hiwasse Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Benton Sulphur Springs Fire Department M No 7 Benton Pleasure Heights Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Benton Rocky Branch Fire Department R No 9 Benton Piney Point Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Benton Pea Ridge Fire Department M No 5 Benton Bethel Heights Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 5 Benton Cave Springs Fire Department M No 7-9 Benton Centerton Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 6 Benton Gentry Fire Department M No 7

A-1 Appendix A Arkansas Fire Department ISO Ratings As Reported to the Office of Fire Protection Services in 2001

COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT TYPE VOLUNTEER ISO Benton Northeast Benton Co. (NEBCO) R No 9 Benton Siloam Springs Fire Department M No 3 Benton Little Flock Fire Department M No 9 Benton Hwy. 94 East Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9-6 Benton Highfill Fire Department R No 9 Benton Hickory Creek Fire Department R No 9 Benton Decatur Fire Department M No 7/9 Benton Beaver Lake Fire Department R No 7-9 Benton Avoca Fire Department R No 9 Benton Lowell Fire Department M No 5 Benton Maysville Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Boone Capps-Batavia Fire Department R No 7 Boone Lead Hill Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 8-9 Boone Zinc Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 9 Boone Valley Springs Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 6-9 Boone Alpena Rural Volunteer Fire Association R Yes 5-9 Boone Omaha Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 9 Boone Krooked Kreek Fire Department R No 8 Boone Harmon Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Boone Hill Top Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Boone Diamond City Protec. Association, Inc. R No 7 Boone Cotton Wood Rural Fire Department R No 9 Boone Harrison Fire Department M No 4 Boone Bergman Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Bradley Warren Fire Department M No 5 Bradley Hermitage Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 8 Bradley County Line Fire Department R No 9 Bradley Hermitage Rural Fire Department R No 9 Bradley Pleasantville Rural Volunteer Fire R Yes 9 Bradley Bradley County Rural Fire Department R No 9 Bradley Jersey Rural Fire Department R No 9 Bradley Sumpter Rural Fire Department R No 9 Calhoun Chambersville Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Calhoun Harrell Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Calhoun Hampton Fire Department M No 8 Calhoun Tinsman Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Calhoun Thornton Fire Department M No 7 Carroll Holiday Island Fire Department R No 5 Carroll Oak Grove Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 8 Carroll South Carroll County Fire Department R No 9 Carroll Inspiration Point Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Carroll Green Forest Fire Department M No 6 Carroll Grassy Knob Volunteer Fire Association R Yes 9-6 Carroll Berryville Fire Department M No 6 Carroll Eureka Springs Fire Department M No 5-9-10

A-2 Appendix A Arkansas Fire Department ISO Ratings As Reported to the Office of Fire Protection Services in 2001

COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT TYPE VOLUNTEER ISO Carroll Beaver Town Volunteer Fire Association R Yes 9 Chicot Lakeport Volunteer Fire Department R Yes New Chicot Lake Village Fire Department M No 7 Chicot Dermott Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 6 Chicot Fawnwood Fire Department R No 9 Clark Beirne Rural Fire Department R No 9 Clark Alpine Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Clark Hollywood Rural Fire Department R No 9 Clark Whelen Springs Fire Department M No 9 Clark Kansas Community Volunteer Fire R No 9 Clark Okolona Fire Department M No 9 Clark East Clark County Volunteer Fire Department R No 9 Clark Curtis Fire Department R No 8-9 Clark Gurdon Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 7 Clark Caddo Valley Fire Department M No 6 Clark DeGray Fire Department R No 9 Clark Arkadelphia Fire Department M No 5 Clark Amity Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 8 Clark Gum Springs Fire Department M No 9 Clay McDougal Volunteer Fire Department M Yes Clay Greenway Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 7 Clay Peach Orchard Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 9 Clay Piggott Fire Department M No 6 Clay Rector Fire Department M No 7 Clay Corning Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 6 Clay St. Francis Fire Department M No 8 Clay Knobel Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 9 Cleburne Concord Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Cleburne Greers Ferry Fire Department M No 6 Cleburne Wilburn Fire Department R No 9 Cleburne Tumbling Shoals-Ida Fire Department R No 9 Cleburne Quitman Fire Department M No 8 Cleburne Prim Volunteer Fire Department. R Yes 9 Cleburne Hopewell Fire District R No 9 Cleburne Heber Springs Fire Department M No 5 Cleburne Cove Creek-Pearson Fire Department R No 9 Cleburne Drasco,Tannenbaum,Silver Ridge Volunteer R No 9 Cleburne Pine Snag/Lobo Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Cleveland Woodlawn #1 Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Cleveland Kingsland Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 9 Cleveland New Edinburg Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Cleveland Highway 35 South Fire Department R No 10 Cleveland Rye Fire Department R No 9 Cleveland Highway 212 Substation R No 9 Cleveland Woodlawn #2 Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9

A-3 Appendix A Arkansas Fire Department ISO Ratings As Reported to the Office of Fire Protection Services in 2001

COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT TYPE VOLUNTEER ISO Cleveland "Y" Fire Department R No 9 Cleveland County Line Fire Department R No 9 Cleveland Rison Volunteer Fire Department M Yes B Columbia Bussey-Sharman Volunteer Fire Department RD Yes 9 Columbia Taylor Fire Department M No 7 Columbia Waldo Fire Department M No 7 Columbia Magnolia Fire Department M No 5 Columbia Village Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Columbia Rudd's Crossing Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Columbia 4-Communities Fire Department R No 9 Columbia 79 South Community Volunteer Fire R Yes 9 Columbia Calhoun Community Volunteer Fire R Yes 9 Columbia Emerson Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 7 Columbia Macedonia/Dorcheat Volunteer Fire RD Yes 9 Columbia McNeil Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 8 Columbia Mt. Vernon Community Fire Department R No 9 Columbia Walkerville Community Volunteer Fire R Yes 9 Conway Conway Co. District #2 Fire Department RD No 9 Conway Conway Co. Dist #10 Fire Department RD No 9 Conway Oppelo Municipal Fire Department M No 7 Conway Oppelo Rural Fire Department R No 7 Conway Conway Co. District #5 Fire Department RD No 9 Conway Plummerville Fire Department M No 6 Conway Conway Co. Dist #3 Fire Department RD No 9 Conway Conway Co. Dist #11 Fire Department RD No 9 Conway Conway Co. District #1 Fire Department RD No 9 Conway Cleveland Fire Department - District #6 RD No 9 Conway Conway Co. District #8 Fire Department RD Yes Conway Conway Co. District #9 Fire Department RD No 9 Conway Center Ridge #7 Fire Department R No 9 Conway Conway Co. Dist #12 Fire Department RD No 9 Conway Morrilton Fire Department M No 5 Conway Conway Co. District #4 Fire Department RD No 9 Craighead Black Oak Volunteer Fire Department M Yes Craighead Monette Fire Department M No 7 Craighead Lake City Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 6 Craighead Bono Fire Department RD No 6-9 Craighead Southridge Fire Department RD No 6-9 Craighead Philadelphia Fire Department RD No 7 Craighead Lake City #1 Fire District RD No 9 Craighead Jonesboro Fire Department M No 3 Craighead Brookland Fire Department RD No 7 Craighead Caraway Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 6 Craighead Cash Fire Protection District RD No 8 Craighead Egypt Fire District RD No 9

A-4 Appendix A Arkansas Fire Department ISO Ratings As Reported to the Office of Fire Protection Services in 2001

COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT TYPE VOLUNTEER ISO Craighead Bay Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 6 Craighead Valley View Fire Department RD No 9 Crawford Dyer Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 8 Crawford Natural Dam Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Crawford Van Buren Fire Department M No 5 Crawford Crawford County Fire District #2 R Yes 9 Crawford District #7 Rural Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Crawford Cederville-Cove City #88 District4 RD Yes 9-10 Crawford Crawford County Fire District 3 R Yes 9 Crawford Butterfield District 5 VolunteerFire R Yes 9-10 Crawford Boston Mountain District 8 R Yes 9 Crawford BDR Rural Fire District One R Yes 7 Crawford Alma Fire Department M No 4 Crawford Rural District #6 Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 6-9 Crittenden Jennette Fire Department M No 9 Crittenden Crawfordsville Fire Department M No 8 Crittenden Anthonyville Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 10 Crittenden West Memphis Fire Department M No 3 Crittenden Heafer East Black Oak Volunteer Fire R Yes 9 Crittenden Earle Fire Department M No 6 Crittenden Gilmore Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 9 Crittenden Turrell Fire Department M No 8 Crittenden Edmondson Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 10 Cross Parkin Fire Department M No 6 Cross Cherry Valley Fire Department M No 5 Cross Fair Oaks Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Cross Vanndale Fire Department R No 9 Cross Wynne Fire Department M No 4 Cross Bay Village Com. Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 8-9 Cross Hickory Ridge Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 8 Dallas Temperance Hill Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Dallas Carthage Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 8 Dallas Cooterneck Fire Department R No 9 Dallas Fordyce Fire Department M No 6 Dallas Sparkman Fire Department M No 8 Dallas Tulip Princeton Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Dallas Manning Rural Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 10 Dallas Ouachita Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Desha Halley Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Desha Mitchellville Fire Department M No Desha Reed Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 9 Desha Watson Area Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 8 Desha Arkansas City Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 7 Desha Dumas Fire Department M No 7 Desha/Drew Tillar Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 8

A-5 Appendix A Arkansas Fire Department ISO Ratings As Reported to the Office of Fire Protection Services in 2001

COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT TYPE VOLUNTEER ISO Drew Collins-Cominto Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Drew Monticello Fire Department M No 6 Drew Winchester Fire Department M No 10 Faulkner Wescon Volunteer Fire Dept, Inc. R Yes 9 Faulkner Mt. Vernon Volunteer Fire and Rescue R Yes 9 Faulkner Twin Groves Fire Department M No 9 Faulkner Mayflower Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 7-9 Faulkner Vilonia East Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Faulkner Enola Area Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Faulkner Wooster Volunteer Fire District, Inc. R Yes 7-9 Faulkner Pine Village Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Faulkner Liberty Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Faulkner Hilltop Fire District #51 RD No 7 Faulkner Highway 286 E. Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 8 Faulkner Damascus Fire Department M No 9 Faulkner Greenbrier Fire Department M No 6-9 Faulkner Saltillo Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Faulkner Cato Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Faulkner Conway Fire Department M No 4 Faulkner Centerville Fire Department R Yes 9 Faulkner Beaverfork Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Faulkner Guy Community Fire Department R No 9-10 Faulkner Vilonia Fire Department M No 6 Faulkner Lower Ridge Road Volunteer Fire R Yes 9 Franklin Altus Rural Fire Department R No 9 Franklin Watalula Volunteer Rural Fire Department R Yes 9 Franklin Branch Fire Department M No 8 Franklin Pleasant View Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9-10 Franklin Cecil Rural Fire Department R No 9 Franklin Ozark Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 6 Franklin Oak Bend-Etna Fire Department R Yes 9 Franklin Barnes Rural Fire Department R Yes 9-10 Franklin Altus City Fire Department M No 7 Franklin Rural Fire Department #11 - Oak Grove R No 9 Franklin Branch Rural Fire Department R Yes 8 Franklin South Ozark Webb City Fire Department R No 9 Fulton Viola Fire Department M No 7-9 Fulton Salem Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 6 Fulton Saddle Fire Department R No 10 Fulton Nine Mile Ridge Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Fulton Gepp Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Fulton Camp Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Fulton Byron Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Fulton Agnos, Glencoe, Heart Fire Department R No 9 Fulton Sturkie Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9

A-6 Appendix A Arkansas Fire Department ISO Ratings As Reported to the Office of Fire Protection Services in 2001

COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT TYPE VOLUNTEER ISO Fulton Mammoth Spring Fire Department M No 6 Garland Lonsdale Fire Department R No 7-9 Garland Morning Star Fire Department R No 7-9 Garland 70 West Fire Protection Asn. R No 7-9 Garland Buckville Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Garland Fountain Lake Fire Protection Asn. R No 9 Garland Hot Springs Fire Department M No 4 Garland Hot Springs Village Fire Department R No 5 Garland Jessieville Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Garland Lake Hamilton Fire Protection Association R No 6-9 Garland Mountain Pine Fire Department R No 7 Garland Piney Fire Protection Association R No 7-9 Grant Poyen Fire Department M No 9 Grant Grapevine Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Grant Calvert Township Volunteer Fire Department RD Yes 9 Grant Tull Fire and Rescue M No 7-9 Grant Prattsville Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 8 Grant Leola Fire Department M No 8 Grant Center Grove Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Grant Cane Creek Volunteer Fire Department RD Yes 6-9 Grant Belfast/Palestine Fire Department R No 9 Grant Sheridan Fire Department M No 5 Greene Paragould Fire Department M No 3 Greene Lafe Fire Department M No 8 Greene Western Green County Fire District RD No 8-9 Greene Oak Grove Heights Volunteer Fire M Yes 8 Greene Marmaduke Fire Department M No 8 Hempstead Bingen Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9-10 Hempstead Washington Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 8 Hempstead Cross Roads Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Hempstead Southeast Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 10 Hempstead Guernsey Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Hempstead Saratoga Fire Department R No 9 Hempstead Perrytown Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 9 Hempstead Patmos Municipal Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 9 Hempstead McCaskill Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Hempstead Hope Municipal Fire Department M No 4 Hempstead Blevins Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 9 Hempstead Ozan Rural Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Hempstead Spring Hill Fire Department R No 9 Hempstead Deann Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Hempstead Columbus Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Hempstead Fulton Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 9 Hempstead Yancey Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Hot Spring Bismarck Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 6-9

A-7 Appendix A Arkansas Fire Department ISO Ratings As Reported to the Office of Fire Protection Services in 2001

COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT TYPE VOLUNTEER ISO Hot Spring Southwest Rural Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Hot Spring Rockport-Mt. Willow Volunteer Fire R Yes 9 Hot Spring Perla Fire Department M No 9 Hot Spring Ouachita Fire Department R No 9 Hot Spring Malvern Fire Department M No 5 Hot Spring Magnet Cove R No 7-9 Hot Spring Bonnerdale Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Hot Spring Point Cedar Fire Department R No 6-9 Hot Spring South Malvern Rural Volunteer Fire R Yes 9 Hot Spring Glen Rose Fire Department RD No 9 Hot Spring Lono-Rolla Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Hot Spring New DeRoche Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 6-9 Howard Umpire Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Howard CountyLine Fire Department R No 9 Howard Athens Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Howard Cottonshed Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Howard Mineral Springs Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 8 Howard Nashville Fire Department M No 7 Howard Tollette Fire Department M No 9 Howard Saratoga Fire Department R No 9 Howard Center Point Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Independence Newark Fire Department M No 7 Independence Floral Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Independence Northside Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 7 Independence Pleasant Plains Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 7 Independence Southside Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 7 Independence Cord Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 8 Independence Cushman Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Independence Oil Trough Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 7 Independence Desha Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Independence Batesville Fire Department M No 5 Independence Charlotte Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Independence Sulphur Rock Area Volunteer Fire R Yes 8-9 Independence Saffell Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Independence Ruddell Hill Fire Department R No 9 Independence Cave City Fire Department M No 5 Independence Bethesda Area Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 8 Independence Union Hill-Thida Fire Department R No 9 Izard Melbourne Fire Department M No 6 Izard Zion Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 10 Izard Pineville Fire Department M No 8 Izard Oxford Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 7 Izard Franklin Fire Department M No 9 Izard Calico Rock Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 5 Izard Horseshoe Bend Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 6

A-8 Appendix A Arkansas Fire Department ISO Ratings As Reported to the Office of Fire Protection Services in 2001

COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT TYPE VOLUNTEER ISO Izard Guion Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 9 Izard Mount Pleasant Fire Department M No 9 Jackson Erwin Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Jackson Grubbs Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 8 Jackson Jacksonport Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 10 Jackson Bradford Fire Department M No 8 Jackson Diaz Fire Department M No 6-9 Jackson Eight Mile Fire Department R No 9 Jackson Velvet Ridge Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 8-9 Jackson Weldon Fire Department R No 9 Jackson Union Hill/Thida Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Jackson Tuckerman Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 6 Jackson Swifton Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 8 Jackson Richwood Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Jackson R and I Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Jackson Pleasant Plains Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 7 Jackson Newport Fire Department M No 3 Jefferson Tucker Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Jefferson Pine Bluff Fire Department M No 4 Jefferson Redfield Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 7-9 Jefferson Hardin Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Jefferson White Hall Fire Department M No 7 Jefferson Altheimer Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 8-9 Jefferson Highway 15 South Volunteer Fire R Yes 6-9 Jefferson Island Harbor Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 5-9 Jefferson Wabbaseka Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 8-9 Jefferson Sherrill Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 9 Jefferson Jefferson Co. Southeast Volunteer Fire R Yes 9 Jefferson Wright-Pastoria Fire Department R No 9 Jefferson Watson Chapel Fire Department, Inc. R No 8 Jefferson Linwood/Moscow Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 10 Jefferson Humphrey Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 8 Johnson Johnson County RFire Department #5 RD No 9 Johnson Johnson County RFire Department #8 RD No 9 Johnson Johnson County RFire Department #9 RD No 9 Johnson Johnson County RFire Department #11 RD No 9 Johnson Knoxville Fire Department M No 7-9 Johnson Lutherville Holman RFire Department #7 RD No 9 Johnson Lamar Fire Department M No 6 Johnson Hagarville RFire Department #3 RD No 9 Johnson Johnson County RFire Department #2 RD No 9 Johnson Johnson Co. RFire Department #6 R No 9 Johnson Coal Hill Fire Department M No 7-9 Johnson Johnson Co. RFire Department #4 R No 9 Johnson Johnson County RFire Department #1 RD No 9

A-9 Appendix A Arkansas Fire Department ISO Ratings As Reported to the Office of Fire Protection Services in 2001

COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT TYPE VOLUNTEER ISO Johnson Clarksville Fire Department M No 4 Lafayette Midway/Boyd Hill Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Lafayette Mars Hill Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Lafayette Stamps Fire Department M No 6 Lafayette Walker Creek Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Lafayette Lake Erling Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Lafayette Lewisville Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 7 Lawrence Sedgwick Volunteer Fire Department RD Yes 9 Lawrence Portia Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 7 Lawrence Hoxie Fire Department M No 7 Lawrence Walnut Ridge Fire Department M No 5 Lawrence Ravenden Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 8 Lawrence Clover Bend Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Lawrence Black Rock Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 8 Lawrence Imboden Fire Department M No 5 Lawrence Smithville Fire Improvement District R No 9 Lawrence Saffell Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Lawrence Strawberry Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 7-9 Lee Rondo Fire Department M No 8 Lee Lee County Fire Department R No 8 Lee Moro Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 9 Lee Marianna Fire Department M No 6 Lincoln Southeast Lincoln Co. Fire District R No 9 Lincoln Star City Fire Department M No 7 Lincoln Glendale Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Lincoln Garnett Fire Department R No 9 Lincoln Grady Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 8 Lincoln Wells Bayou Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Little River Cerro Gordo Fire Department R No 9 Little River Wallace Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Little River Wilton Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 8-9 Little River Yarborough Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Little River Richmond Rural Fire Department R Yes 9 Little River Alleene Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Little River Ashdown Fire Department M No 5 Little River Ogden Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 8 Little River Hicks Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Little River Foreman Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 7 Little River Jacks Isle Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Little River Arden Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Logan Booneville Fire Department M No 7 Logan Delaware Rural Fire Department R No 9 Logan Driggs Fire Department R No 9 Logan Ratcliff City Fire Department M No 9 Logan Ione Community Fire Association R No 9

A-10 Appendix A Arkansas Fire Department ISO Ratings As Reported to the Office of Fire Protection Services in 2001

COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT TYPE VOLUNTEER ISO Logan Roseville Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Logan Magazine RFPA R No 9 Logan Blue Mountain RFire Department, Inc. R Yes 9 Logan Golden City Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Logan New Blaine Rural Fire Department R No 9 Logan Scranton Rural Fire Department R No 9 Logan Subiaco-Crossroads Volunteer Fire R Yes 9 Logan Sugar Grove Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Logan Blue Mountain Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 9 Logan Paris Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 6 Logan Ratcliff Rural Fire Department R No 9 Logan Magazine Fire Department M No 6 Lonoke South Bend Fire District RD No 7 Lonoke Lonoke Fire Department M No 6 Lonoke Keo Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 9 Lonoke England Fire Department M No 5 Lonoke Cabot Fire Department M No 3 Lonoke Austin Fire Department M No 8 Lonoke C. G. S. and Mt. Zion Volunteer Fire R Yes 8 Lonoke Humnoke Fire Department M No 8 Lonoke Mountain Springs Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Lonoke Scott Fire Protection District RD No 9 Lonoke Tri-Community Fire Department R No 9 Madison Clifty Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Madison Witter-Aurora Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Madison Marble Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Madison Pettigrew/Boston Fire Department R No 10 Madison Hindsville Rural Fire Department R No 9 Madison Kingston Fire Department R No Madison Bohannan Mt. Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Madison St. Paul Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 9 Madison Forum/Alabam Fire Department R No 9 Madison Wesley Fire Department R No 9 Madison Huntsville Fire Department M No 6 Madison Japton Fire Department R No 9 Marion Bull Shoals Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 5 Marion Bruno Fire Protection District RD No 9 Marion Pine Mountain Fire and Rescue R No 9 Marion Fairview Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Marion Lakeway Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Marion Lazy Acres Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Marion Peel Volunteer Fire and Rescue R Yes 9 Marion Yellville Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 7 Marion Pyatt Fire and Defense Association RD No 9 Marion Ralph-Caney Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9

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COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT TYPE VOLUNTEER ISO Marion Rea Valley Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Marion Summit Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 9 Marion Yellville Rural Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Marion Oakland/Promise Land Volunteer Fire R Yes 6 Miller Fouke City Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 7 Miller Miller County Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Miller Texarkana Fire Department M No 5 Mississippi Leachville Municipal Fire Department M No 7 Mississippi Burdette Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Mississippi Luxora Fire Department M No 8 Mississippi Birdsong Rural Fire Department R No 9 Mississippi Dyess Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 8 Mississippi Dell Fire Department M No 7-8-9 Mississippi Etowah Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 7-9 Mississippi Gosnell Fire Department M No 6 Mississippi Keiser Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 8 Mississippi Milligan Ridge Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Mississippi Wilson Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 7 Mississippi Blytheville Fire Department M No 3 Mississippi Armorel-Huffman Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Mississippi Joiner Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 8 Mississippi Osceola Fire Department M No 5 Monroe Brinkley Fire Department M No 6 Monroe Clarendon Fire Department M No 7 Monroe East Monroe County RFire Department R No 9 Monroe Holly Grove Fire Department M No 8 Montgomery Sulphur and Laverna Fire Department R No 9 Montgomery Caddo Gap Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Montgomery Joplin Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 7-9 Montgomery Mt. Ida Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 7 Montgomery Norman Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 9 Montgomery Oden-Pencil Bluff Community Fire R No 9 Montgomery Pine Ridge Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Montgomery South Fork Center FPA, Inc. R No 9 Nevada Redland Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Nevada Willisville Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 9 Nevada Rosston Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 9 Nevada Emmet Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 8 Nevada Cale Fire Department M No 9 Nevada Nevada County Rescue Unit R No 9 Nevada Bodcaw Fire Department M No 9 Newton Ponca Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 10 Newton Jasper Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 8-9 Newton Hasty Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Newton Lurton-Pelsor Fire Association R No

A-12 Appendix A Arkansas Fire Department ISO Ratings As Reported to the Office of Fire Protection Services in 2001

COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT TYPE VOLUNTEER ISO Newton Mt. Judea Fire Department R No 9 Newton Parthenon Volunteer Fire Department R Yes Newton Krooked Kreek Fire Department R No 8 Newton Western Grove Fire Department M No 7-9 Newton Compton Fire Association R No 9 Newton Mt. Sherman Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Newton Deer Volunteer Fire Department R Yes Ouachita East Camden Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 7 Ouachita Two Bayou Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Ouachita Louann Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 9 Ouachita Ouachita Co. Fire District #1, Inc. R No 9 Ouachita Standard Umsted Volunteer Fire Department, R Yes 9 Ouachita Frenchport Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 7 Ouachita Elliott Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 8 Ouachita Stephens Fire Department M No 5 Ouachita Chidester Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 9 Ouachita Bearden Fire Department M No 7 Ouachita Buena Vista Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Ouachita Bethesda Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Ouachita Camden Fire Department M No 5 Perry Adona Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 9 Perry Bigelow Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 7-9 Perry Cherry Hill Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Perry Harris Brake FPD RD No 8-9 Perry Williams Junction Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Perry Perryville Fire Department M No 8 Perry Houston Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 10 Perry Hollis Volunteer Fire Department R Yes New Perry Nimrod Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Perry Perry Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 9 Phillips West Helena Fire Department M No 6 Phillips Barton Rural Fire Company, Inc. R No 9 Phillips Elaine Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 7 Phillips Helena Fire Department M No 5 Phillips Lake View Fire Department M No Phillips Marvell Rural Fire Company R No 9 Phillips Wabash Fire Department R No 9 Phillips Marvell Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 7 Phillips Lexa Rural Fire Department R No 9 Pike Kirby Fire Department R No 9 Pike Daisy Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 9 Pike Delight Rural Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 7-9 Pike Glenwood Fire Department M No 7 Pike Delight Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 7 Pike Langley Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9

A-13 Appendix A Arkansas Fire Department ISO Ratings As Reported to the Office of Fire Protection Services in 2001

COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT TYPE VOLUNTEER ISO Pike Lodi Volunteer Fire Department R Yes Pike Nathan Fire Department R No 9 Pike New-Hope Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Pike Murfreesboro Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 7 Pike Antoine Fire Department M No 7 Poinsett Marked Tree Fire Department M No 7 Poinsett Fisher Fire Department M No 8 Poinsett Weiner Fire Department M No 7 Poinsett Tyronza Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 7 Poinsett Trumann Fire Department M No 5 Poinsett Lepanto Fire Department M No 5 Poinsett Harrisburg Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 5 Poinsett Central Fire Protection District R No 9 Polk Mena Fire Department M No 5 Polk Cherry Hill Rural Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Polk Ink Rural Volunteer Fire Department #12 R Yes 9 Polk Vandervoort Rural Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Polk Hatfield Rural Volunteer Fire Department #4 R Yes 9 Polk Grannis Rural Volunteer Fire Department #1 R Yes 9 Polk Wickes Fire Department M No 9 Polk Hatfield Rural Volunteer Fire Department #4 M Yes 9 Polk Wickes Rural Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Polk Vandervoort Rural Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 9 Polk Shady Rural Volunteer Fire Department #10 R Yes 9 Polk Cove City Fire Department - Cove #3 M No 8 Polk Potter Rural Volunteer Fire Department #13 R Yes 9 Polk Dallas Valley Rural Volunteer Fire R Yes 9 Polk Cove Rural Volunteer Fire Department #3 R Yes 9 Polk Board Camp Rural Volunteer Fire R Yes 9 Polk Big Fork Rural Volunteer Fire Department #9 R Yes 9 Polk Acorn Rural Volunteer Fire Department #6 R Yes 9 Polk Shady Grove Rural Volunteer Fire R Yes 9 Pope Dover Rural Fire Department R No 9 Pope Atkins Fire Department M No 7 Pope Hatley Rural Fire Department R No 9 Pope Russellville Fire Department M No 4 Pope Crow Mountain Fire Protection District RD No 9 Pope Martin Township Rural Volunteer Fire R Yes 9 Pope Pottsville Fire Department M No 7-9 Pope London Rural Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Pope Moreland Fire Department R No 9 Pope Appleton Rural Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Pope Hector City/Rural Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 9 Pope Dover City Fire Department M No 8 Pope Bayliss Rural Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9

A-14 Appendix A Arkansas Fire Department ISO Ratings As Reported to the Office of Fire Protection Services in 2001

COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT TYPE VOLUNTEER ISO Pope Linker Mountain Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 6-9 Pope Pea Ridge Rural Fire Department R No 9 Prairie Center Point Fire Department R No 9 Prairie Northside Fire Department R No 9 Prairie Crossroads Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Prairie Biscoe Fire Department M No Prairie Slovak Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Prairie Sandhill Fire Department R No 9 Prairie Brown Grove Fire Department R No 9 Prairie Oak Prairie Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Prairie Hazen Fire Department M No 6 Prairie DeValls Bluff Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 5 Prairie Des Arc Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 6 Prairie Peppers Lake Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 10 Pulaski Highway 365 South Volunteer Fire R Yes 9 Pulaski McAlmont Fire Protection Dist #20 RD No 8-9 Pulaski Oak Grove Fire Protection District #25 RD No 9 Pulaski Quail Creek Volunteer Fire District RD Yes 9 Pulaski Runyan Acres Volunteer Fire District RD Yes 6 Pulaski Sweet Home Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 8-9 Pulaski Sylvan Hills Fire Department RD No 4 Pulaski NE Saline Co. Fire District19 RD No 7 Pulaski Woodland Hills Fire Department RD No 6 Pulaski Williams Junction Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Pulaski West Pulaski Fire District #23 RD No 6-9 Pulaski South Bend Fire District RD No 7 Pulaski Arch Street Fire Department R No 6 Pulaski Crystal Fire Department RD No 9 Pulaski East Pulaski County Volunteer Fire RD Yes 9 Pulaski Gravel Ridge FPD #9 RD No 5 Pulaski Maumelle Department of Pub. Safety M No 3 Pulaski North Little Rock Fire Department M No 2 Pulaski Wrightsville Rural Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Pulaski Scott Fire Protection District RD No 9 Pulaski Sherwood - Pulaski Co. Fire Department #5 RD No 4 Pulaski Lake Maumelle Fire Department RD No 6-9 Pulaski Wrightsville Municipal Volunteer Fire M Yes 9 Pulaski Cammack Village Fire Department M No 5 Pulaski Jacksonville Fire Department M No 3 Pulaski Hensley Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 6-9 Pulaski Little Rock Fire Department M No 2 Pulaski North Pulaski FPD #15 RD No 7 Randloph Water Valley Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Randolph Biggers-Reyno Fire Department R No 7 Randolph Maynard Fire Department M No 8-9

A-15 Appendix A Arkansas Fire Department ISO Ratings As Reported to the Office of Fire Protection Services in 2001

COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT TYPE VOLUNTEER ISO Randolph O'kean Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Randolph Pocahontas Fire Department M No 5 Randolph Pocahontas Volunteer FF Corp. R Yes 9 Randolph Dalton Community Volunteer Fire R Yes 9 Saint Francis Madison Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 9 Saint Francis Wheatley Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 6 Saint Francis Palestine Fire Department M No 7 Saint Francis Hughes Fire Department M No 7 Saint Francis Forrest City Fire Department M No 5 Saint Francis Caldwell Fire Department R No Saint Francis Widener Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 9 Saline Northeast Saline Co. F D #19 RD No 7 Saline Bauxite Fire Department M No 7 Saline Salem Fire Department R No 7-9 Saline Traskwood Fire Department M No 8-9 Saline Benton Fire Department M No 5 Saline Bryant Fire Department M No 5 Saline Collegeville Volunteer Fire. Department R Yes 6-9 Saline Crow's Station Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Saline Crystal Fire Department RD No 9 Saline Haskell Fire Department M No 7-9 Saline Hot Springs Village Fire Department R No 5 Saline Lake Norrell Area FPD R No 9 Saline Lonsdale Fire Department R No 7-9 Saline Tull Fire and Rescue M No 7-9 Saline Paron Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Saline Shannon Hills Fire Department M No 4 Saline Turtle Creek Subordinate FID RD No 7-9 Saline East End Fire Protection District RD No 6-9 Saline Lake Norrell Area FP District R No 9 Saline Sardis Fire Protection District #16 R No 8-9 Saline Shaw Fire Protection District RD No 9 Saline Springhill Fire Department R No 8-9 Saline West Pulaski Fire District #23 RD No 6-9 Saline Woodland Hills Fire Department RD No 6 Scott Mansfield Fire Department M No 7 Scott Waldron Rural Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Scott Northwest Scott County Fire Department R No 9 Scott Y City Rural Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Scott Waldron Municipal Volunteer Fire M Yes 6 Scott Parks Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Scott Lake Hinkle Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Scott Hon Rural Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Scott Blue Ball Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Scott Harvey-Nola Rural Volunteer Fire R Yes 9

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COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT TYPE VOLUNTEER ISO Scott Haletown Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Scott Boles Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Scott Highway 250 Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Scott State Line Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Searcy South Mountain Fire Department R No 10 Searcy Shady Groves/Chimes Fire Department R No 9 Searcy Oxley Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Searcy Morning Star Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9-6 Searcy Leslie Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 8-9 Searcy Snowball Fire Department R No 9 Searcy Ha-Ro-Co Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Searcy Witts Springs Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Searcy P G and S Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Searcy Landis Fire Department R No 9-10 Sebastian Mansfield Fire Department M No 7 Sebastian Jenny Lind Fire Department R No 9 Sebastian EMP Fire Department R No 9 Sebastian White Bluff-Rye Hill Volunteer Fire R Yes 7-9 Sebastian Sugarloaf/Slaytonville Volunteer Fire R Yes 9 Sebastian Riverdale Rural Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Sebastian Milltown/Washburn Fire Department R No 9 Sebastian Hartford Fire Department M No Sebastian Midland Fire Department R No 9 Sebastian Barling Fire Department M No 3 Sebastian Huntington Fire Department M No 9 Sebastian Big Creek Fire Department R No 9 Sebastian Hackett City Rural Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 9 Sebastian Central City Fire Department M No 9 Sebastian Greenwood Municipal Volunteer Fire M Yes 7 Sebastian Greenwood Rural Fire Department R No 9 Sebastian Fort Smith Fire Department M No 2 Sebastian Bonanza Fire Department M No 9 Sebastian Lavaca Fire Department M No 7 Sevier Central Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Sevier Gilliam Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 9 Sevier Cossatot Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Sevier Horatio Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 7 Sevier Provo Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Sevier Green's Chapel Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Sevier Ben Lomond Fire Department M No 9 Sevier DeQueen Fire Department M No 6 Sharp Evening Shade Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 7 Sharp Williford Municipal Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 9 Sharp Poughkeepsie Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Sharp Martin Creek Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9

A-17 Appendix A Arkansas Fire Department ISO Ratings As Reported to the Office of Fire Protection Services in 2001

COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT TYPE VOLUNTEER ISO Sharp Grange Calamine Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Sharp Cherokee Village Fire Department R No 6 Sharp Hidden Valley/Highland Fire Department R No 9 Sharp Ash Flat Fire Department M No 6 Sharp Sidney Volunteer Fire Department RD Yes 9 Sharp Cave City Fire Department M No 5 Sharp Center Fire Department R No 9 Sharp Hardy Volunteer Fire Department and M Yes 6 Stone Dodd Mountain Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Stone Fifty Six Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 9 Stone Iron Mountain Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Stone Melrose Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Stone Allison-Sylamore Fire Department R No 6/9 Stone 6th District Pleasant Grove Volunteer Fire R Yes 9 Stone Mountain View Fire Department M No 6 Stone Sunnyland Rural Fire Department R No 9 Stone Ben Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Stone Timbo Fire Department R No 9 Stone Fox Fire Department R No 9 Union Faircrest Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 8 Union Cairo Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Union El Dorado Fire Department M No 3 Union Huttig Fire Department M No 8 Union Strong Fire Department M No 8 Union Hibanks Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 8-9 Union Junction City Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 7 Union Lawson-Urbana Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 8 Union Mt. Holly Fire Department R No 9 Union Norphlet Fire Department M No 7 Union Old Union Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 8-9 Union Parkers Chapel Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 7-9 Union Smackover Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 7 Union Three Creeks Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 8-9 Union Calion Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 8-9 Van Buren Dennard Volunteer Fire Department R No 9 Van Buren Fairfield Bay Fire Department M No 7-9 Van Buren Gravesville Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Van Buren Shirley Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 8-9 Van Buren Scotland Fire Department R No 9 Van Buren Highway 110 Fire Department R No 9 Van Buren Damascus Fire Department M No 9 Van Buren Culpepper Fire Department R No 9 Van Buren Bee Branch Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Van Buren Choctaw Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Van Buren Chimes Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9

A-18 Appendix A Arkansas Fire Department ISO Ratings As Reported to the Office of Fire Protection Services in 2001

COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT TYPE VOLUNTEER ISO Van Buren Burnt Ridge Volunteer Fire Department R No 9 Van Buren Botkinburg Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Van Buren Clinton Fire Department M No 5 Van Buren Morganton Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Van Buren Alread Fire Department R No 9 Washington Strickler Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Washington Sunset Rural Fire Department R No 9 Washington Tontitown Area Fire Department R No 6-9 Washington Wedington Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 8 Washington Fayetteville Fire Department M No 4 Washington Springdale Fire Department M No 4 Washington Boston Mountain Fire Department R No 9 Washington West Fork Rural Fire Department R No 9 Washington Prairie Grove Fire Department M No 6 Washington Nob Hill Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 6 Washington Morrow Fire Department R No 9 Washington Lincoln Fire Department M No 6-7 Washington Goshen Fire Department R No 9 Washington Whitehouse Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Washington Elkins Fire Department M No 7-9 Washington Wheeler Fire Department R No 5-9 Washington Farmington Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 5 Washington West Fork Fire Department M No 5 Washington Evansville Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 White Russell Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 9 White Velvet Ridge Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 8-9 White Rose Bud Area Fire Department R No 8-9 White Judsonia Fire Department M No 7 White Floyd Romance Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 White Antioch Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 White El Paso Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 White Searcy Fire Department M No 2 White Beebe Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 5 White Higginson Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 7 White Hickory Flat Fire Department R No 9 White Gum Springs Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 White Garner Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 White Joy Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 White North White County Fire Department R No 9 White Fairview Fire District R No 9 White Center Hill Fire Department R No 9 White Bradford Fire Department M No 8 White Bald Knob Fire Department M No 6 White Kensett Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 8 White West Point Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 7

A-19 Appendix A Arkansas Fire Department ISO Ratings As Reported to the Office of Fire Protection Services in 2001

COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT TYPE VOLUNTEER ISO White McRae Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 7 White Pangburn Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 7 White Pleasant Plains Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 7 White Southeast White Co. Fire Department R No 8-9 White Letona Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 9 Woodruff Cotton Plant Fire Department M No 8 Woodruff Augusta Fire Department M No 7 Woodruff McCrory Fire Department M No 6 Woodruff Patterson Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 8 Yell West Fourche R No 9 Yell Ola Fire Department M No 8 Yell Rover Rural Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Yell Mt. Nebo Rural Fire Department R No 9 Yell Havana Fire Department M No 8 Yell Galla Rock Rural Fire Department R No 9 Yell Dutch Creek Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Yell Dardanelle Rural Fire Department R No 9 Yell Dardanelle Fire Department M No 6 Yell Chichalah Rural Fire Department R No 9 Yell Plainview Volunteer Fire Department M Yes 7 Yell Briggsville Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. R Yes 9 Yell Belleville Fire Department M No 8 Yell Aly-Chula Volunteer Fire Department R Yes 9 Yell Danville Fire Department M No 5

Note 1: ISO (Insurance Service Office, Inc.) evaluates fire departments for the purpose of assigning a fire insurance classification to be used by insurance companies in setting fire insurance premiums. Note 2: A Department may have more than one (1) ISO Rating. This occurs when the Depart- ment’s district covers both municipal and rural areas.

R – Rural RD – Rural District M – Municipal

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