The Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) recently joined with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in the first National Prepare-A-Thon, which was designed…
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The Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety’s (IBHS) FORTIFIED Home programs and standards are recommended in the federal Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force’s Rebuilding Strategy…
As part of the NEES-Soft project led by Colorado State University, Simpson Strong-Tie and other industry collaborators successfully completed earthquake testing of a Simpson Strong-Tie Strong…
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Washington, D.C., was created after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, to keep our nation safe from all types…
Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell has announced the department is releasing $475.25 million in emergency Hurricane Sandy disaster relief appropriations to 234 projects that will…
Recently I took a trip to New Orleans, a city I love dearly and have visited many times in recent years. This trip was a little…