Public Protection Classification (PPCTM) Service

ISO's Public Protection Classification (PPCTM) Service gauges the fire protection capability of the local fire department to respond to structure fires in a property in which your company has a financial stake.

ISO collects information on a community's public fire protection and analyzes the data using our Fire Suppression Rating Schedule (FSRS). We then assign a Public Protection Classification from 1 to 10. Class 1 represents the best public protection, and Class 10 indicates no recognized protection.

By classifying a community's ability to suppress fires, ISO provides crucial information for understanding the entire landscape of risk associated with a specific property. We have extensive information on more than 47,000 classified fire-response jurisdictions.

Choose the information medium that best suits your needs. Public Protection Classifications are available in various electronic formats, and through LOCATION®, ISO's risk-assessment tool.

ISO releases the latest updates to PPC listings through the Community Mitigation Classification (CMC) Jurisdictions pages.

For more information on ISO's public-protection ratings, read ISO's PPC Program: Helping to Build Effective Fire-Protection Services and Effective Fire Protection: A National Concern.

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. . . on ISO's Public Protection Classification (PPC) Service — or to get in touch with a sales representative — contact ISO. You can also call us at 1-800-888-4476.