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Homeowners in the Bayou Cane borough of Terrebonne Parish may see their property insurance rates lowered next year.
The Terrebonne Parish Council voted unanimously to approve an ordinance that officially declared the Bayou Cane Fire Department as a Certified Fire Prevention Bureau after changes to the language and terms the council requested were made.
The Bayou Cane Fire Prevention Bureau is an administrative extension of the fire department, which performs yearly
inspections of commercial buildings for fire code compliance.
The National Fire Protection Association, which publishes the national fire codes, requires fire protection agencies to inspect buildings once a year.
The Property Insurance Association of Louisiana, or PIAL, is the organization that issues fire ratings to individual fire departments that describe the level of fire protection those departments offer their communities.
Fire districts can receive a rating from 1 to 10. A rating of 10 represents no fire protection while a rating of 1 represents the best protection available. They are used by insurance companies to determine homeowner’s insurance premiums.
Bayou Cane volunteer firefighters load fire hoses onto a fire engine. The Terrebonne council recepntly gave the Bayou Cane Fire Department fire code enforcement power.
