New accreditation for Bowling Green Fire Department

BOWLING GREEN, Ky.- There are more than 58,000 fire stations across the nation, but very few have an ISO rating.

An insurance services office determines how well a fire department can protect your community, and the Bowling Green  Fire Department has that accreditation.

Deputy chief Bret Smith Bowling Green Fire Department shares, with this qualification, the fire department brings better rates for business owners. The work they put in guarantees a safer rescue. Smith says, “We evaluate that and the same foundation that helps us achieve class one helps us to serve the people of Bowling Green, with our distribution and our personnel around the city and the way we can get to your home as quickly as possible. We help save your home, but then also we help save lives.”

The ISO class one rating also makes the community more marketable to businesses looking to move to Bowling Green.