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Prep homes, businesses now for severe spring weather with IBHS Thunderstorm Ready guides

Richburg, SC, Feb. 13, 2024 – Last year Americans saw that storms don’t need to make national headlines to wreak havoc on homes and businesses, as more than 20 states were impacted by 19 severe convective storm events, each causing over $1 billion in damage. With most billion-dollar storms occurring between March and June, the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) urges property owners to act now using its research-based Thunderstorm Ready guides to help prevent damage before this year’s severe spring weather strikes.  

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Wildfire

This Week at the IBHS Research Center

Homes typically ignite due to embers generated during a wildfire, not generally the big wall of flames. However, research is needed on home-to-home ignitions and how this impacts communities when a wildfire threatens. IBHS has a unique opportunity next week to join the UL Firefighter Safety Research Institute (FSRI) in Ohio during free-burn tests of…

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