KILN, Miss: - Hancock County Port & Harbor Commission gathered feedback from existing tenants and prospects in 2021 about the need to improve fire services in Port Bienville Industrial Park.
Those results found that Port Bienville Industrial Park lacked the equipment, water capacity and services for existing and new industry which resulted in a Class 10 fire rating. The fire rating is a public protection classification applied to eligible properties located within the West Hancock Fire District boundary.
In 2022, HCPHC and West Hancock Fire District began working on a long-term agreement to improve equipment and coverage at the fire station that serves Port Bienville Industrial Park.
As a result of the newly staffed fire station and fire truck, HCPHC was able to work with the Hancock County Board of Supervisors to adopt and create a new Port Bienville Grading District, which allowed the Mississippi Fire Rating Bureau to improve Port Bienville’s fire rating class to a class 7.
The new rating means tenants of Port Bienville Industrial Park have improved response and safety and qualify tenants for lower insurance coverage rates.
All parties are currently working to improve water capacity at the port. which will continue to impact the fire classification from the Mississippi Rating Bureau. (HCPHC 06/26/23)
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