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Money budgeted to hire consultant
by Scott Rogers - posted E-mail Story E-mail Story | Print Story Print Story 
The 2011 proposed budget for the Ouachita Parish Fire Department includes some funding to hire a consultant to help the department find ways to improve the parish's fire rating.
Parish fire chief Pat Hemphill has said the fire department wants to lower the parish's fire rating from a class 5 rating to at least a class 4 rating.

A study conducted in 2009 by the University of Louisiana-Monroe suggested the fire department could obtain a class 4 rating with some changes.

The department's class rating determines how much money parish property owners pay for homeowner's insurance. The highest rating, or best rating, is a class 1. The Property Insurance Association of Louisiana determines the rating for each fire department in the state.
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