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. .'': .. e e ~, . Funct.lon ot: L~sm1\'''C.c S!JWICE OPFlCE 21 So. 6th. St. Hp1~. ))8-8200 Tbe !unct1on of ttle Insurance Oftice (I.S.a.) lS to evalu4te fue protection oquip:lent, such as types nnd number ot fire fighting equipment, the rat10 of rue t1ghters to population, response ti.lOO, review and o:1l~lys1S ot th~ \rootor supr1y 'System such as InI1.1n3, laterals, hydrants, frequency of hydrMts nnJ. flO'W' per minute (a.F.}!.) at the respective webr malns. On the basis of the ntoro mentlonod review, the mun~eipa.l1ty u ra~ed as to its eff1cency and f1re t1ght1ng capab1lities. These ratlngs rMg9 tror.l one to ten and the ra.tlng received detormines t!.o fire imsurMce rows. . ~ :~' ,,( ;. ~ '$ . t . . . ~ ^ . , The offlCO of I.S.O. does not initi~te ordinances, codes or policy. They of tel' gtudeline'l mu.ch are submitted to the mun- icipalltlo3 tor tll~ purpose ot increaslng tholr fire ra~ings and in no wy are they to be considered statutory. February 11th. 1984, the I.S.0 was contacted in rctt..rence to the propert). at 674 West County Hood "e" and rec€'ivcd the fol- lovlng 1nformation. 1 - Tho water main at County !toad "e" lS a 12" plpo with a 7,400 (a.p.:-l.) gallon pol' minute capac1ty. 2 - An 8" pipe cOl:ling oft ot tho 12" rxun at a rlght o.r~le has a 4,000 G.P.}!. ca~c1ty nth a 2,500 G.:P.H. avall- able at the hydrant. 3 - ReqUlrOlllonts for thlS proJoctl (as por Hr. Dexter) based on tho calculated squaro foot proposeu proJect and In eonsldoration of a dead end ,,-ater m.:un a.t 400 teet and vnhout a sprinluer syste::l, is 2,250 (G.P.11.) callons per minute. 4 - rull cap~city at tile nozzle of n pumper or snorkel 1S 1,250 gallons per Mlnute. 5 - ThlS translatos lnto 250 (G.l'.:I.) sallons per minute more at the bydrnnt than the requueoonts 01' 'the proJect, or 1,000 (G.l'.:l.) gallons per cunute Clore at the hydrant than the cnp;lcl tY of the pumper or snorkc 1 nozzle. ~ ^ "~ ,