FORTIFIED program reaches 100,000 certifications
The Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) announced the FORTIFIED program reached the milestone of over 100,000 designations. The FORTIFIED beyond-code guidelines is informed by over a decade of research that strengthens the parts of homes and buildings most vulnerable to extreme weather.
Currently, Alabama leads with the most designations, supported by a grant program, Strengthen Alabama Homes, financial incentives and buiding codes. However other states are following suit including the adoption of IBHS’s Wildfire Prepared designation program.
“As a former builder, I know a solution must work in the real world,” said Fred Malik, Managing Director of IBHS’s FORTIFIED program. “For more than a decade, FORTIFIED has been meeting homeowners and contractors where they are and giving them a practical way to change outcomes when severe weather strikes. Hitting 100,000 designations shows that as more communities put our research into action, we’re not just multiplying designations—we are multiplying impact for real people.”
