Reducing risk before a disaster.
This guide will walk you through some ways to protect your business from high winds, flooding, fire, winter weather, and hail. These techniques range from very minor, inexpensive retrofits which you might do by yourself to far more complicated measures which require the assistance of a licensed professional.
The New Orleans Building Hardening Guide is intended to help you to take actions to reduce the risks to your business. Natural events such as hurricanes and thunderstorms will continue to take place in New Orleans, but their impacts will depend on individual actions, as well as on the measures taken by the City of New Orleans and other regional actors.
“We are building a New Orleans for the future — one that embraces change, prepares for the risks of the future, and honors our traditions.”
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