Town of Garner, NC
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Serving more than 60,000 people in the Town of Garner and Wake County areas. Our department protects lives, property, and environment through highly trained firefighters with state of the art equipment.
Garner received a Class 1 PPC rating that applies to Garner (town) – Effective September 6, 2022.
Garner Suburban received a split rating Class 3/9E PPC rating (outside town) – Effective July 27, 2022.
The Class 3 applies to properties with fire flows of 3500 gpm or less outside of the town but within 5-mile coverage area.
The Class 9E applies to all other properties within our fire district outside of the 5-mile coverage area, but no more than 6 miles.
As compared to the previous ISO inspection, we improved our PPC rating from a Class 2 to a Class 1 in Garner by gathering 11.41 more points than the 2016 inspection.
As compared to the previous ISO inspection, we improved our PPC rating from a Class 4/9E to a Class 3/9E in Garner Suburban by gathering 12.18 more points than the 2016 inspection.
Of the almost 30,000 fire departments in existence, less than 300 agencies (less than one percent) achieve this status and less than 12% of the US population is protected by an accredited agency.
Fire service accreditation is administered by the Commission on Fire Accreditation International (CFAI) and requires an embedded culture of quality throughout an organization. Maintaining accreditation is a significant undertaking and requires the combined best efforts of all members of the agency.
Accreditation is a comprehensive assessment and evaluation model for fire and emergency service organizations. The accreditation process helps to determine community risks and fire safety needs, evaluates the performance of an agency, and provides a method for continuous improvement. The accreditation and certification bodies change requirements over time, requiring accredited agencies to continue to evolve and improve.
