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Y ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Action Agenda Item No V=* ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: August 3, 1995 SUBJECT: North Chatham Fire Insurance Rating District ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT Emergency Management PUBLIC HEARING YES NO x -------------------------------- ------------------------------- ATTACHMENT(S) INFORMATION CONTACT Resolution Fire Marshal, ext 3030 Map of Insurance Rating District Extract from Dept of Insurance TELEPHONE NUMBER Administrative Procedures Code Hillsborough 732-8181 Chapel Hill 968-4501 Mebane 227-2031 Durham 688-7331 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- PURPOSE: To consider formally approving the insurance rating district for fire services provided in Orange County by the North Chatham Volunteer Fire Department. BACKGROUND: The North Chatham Fire Department provides fire protection services, under contract with Orange County, to two fire tax districts in Orange County - the Damascus and Southern Triangle districts. Recently, North Chatham underwent review by the Insurance Service Office that will reduce their insurance rating from 9 to 7 for the areas they serve in Chatham County. The practical impact for residents of the fire insurance rating district will be eligibility for a sizeable reduction in the premiums they pay for fire insurance for their homes. In order for residents of the Southern Triangle and Damascus fire districts in Orange County to realize similar benefits, it is necessary under Department of Insurance Administrative Procedures Code that the Orange County Board of Commissioners approve the boundaries of the insurance district within Orange County (see item 5 of section .0507 of the attached extract from the code) . An insurance rating district is that territory that is within 5 road miles of a fire station maintained by the responding volunteer fire department. The map referenced in the proposed resolution, prepared on the County's GIS system, depicts the boundaries of the fire tax districts (solid red) and the insurance rating districts (dashed green) . In the case of Southern Triangle and Damascus, the majority of the properties in the fire tax districts fall within five road miles of one of North Chatham's fire stations. Those portions of the fire districts that do not fall within the insurance rating district do, of course, receive fire protection, from North Chatham Fire Department, but would not receive the benefit of reduced insurance rates. The procedure described herein is similar to the process followed by the Board in establishing .the White Cross insurance rating district at the February 16, 1988 meeting.