Fall Creek Volunteer Fire Department NC improves ISO rating for first time since founding

Fall Creek Volunteer Fire Department improves ISO rating for first
time since founding

wautauga county and avery county

good on them

https://www.wataugademocrat.com/news/local/fall-creek-volunteer-fire-department-improves-iso-rating-for-first-time-since-founding/article_bb24b8b0-b20c-4507-b271-941a9d502499.html

you can see how important local initiative is

there are lots and lots of Class 9 FDs out there - maybe 3,000 iirc -
lets see what google AI says - actually 6,000 -
https://share.google/aimode/EjE8nn84PcjFIvTCw - thats 6000 out of 30K
ish - wait a minute - is that full class 9 or partial class 9?

https://share.google/aimode/9Axy42E1mf5Xf26Re - looks like 6,000
includes full class 9 and partial class 9

damn - everything is WAY TOO COMPLICATED

question - how many FDs are full class 9? -
https://share.google/aimode/gZLHUmB0UgbzX8yXB - which is it? 1000 or
1500? - where do those numbers come from?

for laughs - how many are class 10? - As of 2026, approximately 950 to
1,000 fire protection areas in the United States carry a full Class 10
ISO rating.
Federato +1
This represents about 2% of the more than 48,000 jurisdictions
evaluated by the Insurance Services Office (ISO). A Class 10 rating is
the lowest possible grade and indicates that a community's fire
suppression program does not meet the minimum recognized criteria for
protection.
Federato +2

that 2% of FDs or 2% of FIRE JURISDICTIONS

note - 30K FDs but 48K ISO fire jurisdictions - lol

https://share.google/aimode/QXW9AKWl1zIvU5j1W

class 10 FDs probably should not be dispatched via any 911 center -
they are a danger to themselves and their communities - they make the
situation worse just by showing up - maybe

hey trump - you want to get off your fat ass and do something about
this? or will it take 100,000 destroyed homes for you to wake up?