Business View Civil & Municipal | Volume 2, Issue 8

77 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 2, ISSUE 8 SUNLAND PARK , NEW MEX I CO the American Rescue Plan funding to help build our local businesses to make them whole again. This includes opportunities for expansion. If they’re successful as a business, we’re going to be successful as a municipality.” Along with working to further improve the local the economy, the city is also updating its fire equipment. Over the last couple of years, new vehicles including brush trucks and pump trucks have been purchased from the Siddons- Martin Emergency Group. “I’m happy to report that we have actually improved our Insurance Service Office (ISO) rating of a five down to a four,” says Perea. “Originally, we were at a seven, but within the last eight years we’ve been able to bring it down three ISO points. The goal is to get to a rating of one, representing an exemplary fire suppression program. We’ve worked with Siddons-Martin Emergency Group to provide diverse and state-of-the-art firefighter equipment because we are often placed in a