By Larry Cox, President, Dillon County Fire Chiefs Association

Latta, Floyd Dale and Oak Grove Chiefs have agreed to attempt to reduce their ISO Rating to a straight 7 across their respective fire districts. At the present time most of us have split ratings either 6/9 or 7/9, with this rating you have to have a fire hydrant within a 1000 feet of your property. What this means is your ISO Rating would be a 7 no matter how far from a hydrant your property is located. When this is done it should save all residences about 30% on their homeowners policies. We will have to identify static water sources, whether it is ponds, canals or even swimming pools and then mark them. Each department will have to prepare a plan for supplying water (at least 250 GPM) to any where in their fire district. This will take a lot of hard work and a good bit of teamwork on all our parts, but by working together we will accomplish this goal.