Weather

It’s important for commercial property owners to take a proactive approach to hurricane preparedness to reduce potential damage and protect their operations. A strong plan helps safeguard your property, keep employees safe, and minimize costly disruptions — while ensuring your insurance coverage aligns with today’s growing storm risks.

In early 2025, a fire destroyed a 30,000-square-foot steel warehouse after flames, fueled by dry brush and high winds, spread from outside the building and overwhelmed its internal sprinkler system. As wildfires become more frequent in wildland–urban interface zones, property owners must prioritize external fire prevention — not just internal protection. Key steps include removing combustible outdoor storage, maintaining defensible space, and coordinating with neighboring properties to mitigate shared risks.

It’s important for building owners to schedule regular inspections and maintenance for fire protection systems to confirm they are up to code. Correct and effective fire protection and prevention efforts help to mitigate potential damages to occupants and buildings and ensure compliance with your property insurance policy.

Enhance winter aircraft safety with key practices: ensure thorough preparation for cold weather operations, provide pilots with survival strategies, and emphasize continuous training. Encourage adherence to personal limits and prioritize comprehensive preflight checks for safer flights in challenging conditions.

Winter preparation is crucial for building managers and drivers alike. Building owners should inspect premises, enhance lighting, prepare for ice, and address cold weather calamities. Drivers must check tires, defrost, and maintain emergency kits for safe winter driving.

Fire protection systems should undergo regular inspecting, testing and maintenance (ITM) to help protect your building against fire.

Mitigating hot-work related risks is essential for property owners, construction managers and even transportation or equipment companies who engage in vehicle/truck maintenance on-site, for example.

Hurricanes come with high winds and flooding, among other risks. Your solar panels can be damaged before, during and even after a hurricane.

Don’t wait until a storm is baring down to secure your property, do it now. Here are six items to knock off your checklist before a storm hits.

There are some essential steps every dealership should take in the fall (or even late summer) to lessen the chance a bad storm will disrupt the business.