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…
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The U.S. Department of Energy has released a report that assesses how America’s critical energy and electricity infrastructure is vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.…
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…
Today’s minimum requirements of current building codes only emphasize life safety. As long as occupants can be evacuated during a fire, hurricane or other major event,…
We live in a scary world. The broad reach of today’s 24-hour news outlets and the increased connectedness resulting from the ubiquitous use of social media…
In the wake of the tornadoes and severe storms that struck the cities of Moore, Okla.; Oklahoma City; Norman, Okla.; and the surrounding areas in May,…