Tom Johnston, President of the International Hurricane Protection Association (IHPA), appear today the ablution of the ‘Get the Number’ chump acquaintance campaign. “The ‘Get the Number’ attack is an educational apparatus to let consumers apperceive what they should be analytic for if affairs storm and blow protection,” Johnston said. “Consumers can ensure that they are affairs and attention their home with accustomed or evaluated articles by artlessly requesting and acknowledging that the artefact they are affairs has an awarded approval or appraisal number.”
“Unfortunately, there are articles out there accepting awash that accept never been activated or evaluated,” Johnston added. “With the added blow action that we accept had over the endure decade, and predicted to abide for the next 20 years, we accept been able to accumulate an immense aggregate of advice on what is bare and what fails in commendations to attention your home and ancestors in cases of blow strikes. The accepted agencies apperceive now what to attending for and can authority the manufacturers’ of storm and blow aegis anxiety to the blaze to assert that consumers are accepting able protection.” Agreeing that, “it may be accessible that an unapproved, abstinent artefact may plan to some extent,” but Johnston warned, “the bigger anguish is that the artefact accepting installed on the consumer’s home was activated and failed. That is why they are clumsy to present an approval number.”
“Our analysis shows that the costs that contractors are charging for crooked articles are no altered than what is accepting answerable for accustomed products. It is a appealing simple decision; just ‘Get the Number.”
Currently, there are three capital agencies that are evaluating and approving blow protection. They are: The Florida Building Commission (FBC), which awards an FBC amount to appropriately activated and evaluated products; Miami-Dade County, which awards a Notice of Acceptance (NOA) to accustomed products, and the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI), which creates a artefact appraisal amount for activated products. The International Code Council (ICC) will be arising appraisal numbers on storm and blow aegis as able-bodied in the future. “If you can get the architect to accumulation any one of these numbers, you can be adequately assured that what you are paying for has been activated and certified by a able agency to accord you the aegis you charge to angle up to storm and blow force apprehension and pressures.”
Johnston sites these simple steps:
Insist on the approval amount – Do not access or be bamboozled by a glossy architect who tells you that the numbers are not important.
Verify the amount – Okay, you accept been accustomed the amount - now what? Verify it. All blow aegis artefact approvals are about accessible on the websites of the approving agencies. Visit the accustomed articles page at www.inthpa.com for links to these agencies.
Check the characterization – Once the artefact has been installed on your home, analysis that it has a characterization advertisement the approval number. This avoids the befalling for the architect to acquaint you they are affairs you an accustomed artefact when, in actuality, they may accumulation something different.
“It’s appealing simple; just ‘Get the Number!’”
About the International Hurricane Protection Association
The IHPA is a non-profit alignment with a associates of over 200 manufacturers, suppliers, contractors and government agencies accouterment above blow aegis systems, information, and apprenticeship to assure the publics' abundance and safety.
The next IHPA Meeting is at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside on August 21st and will cover altercation and presentations on the Get the Number Campaign, The Commission to Insure Louisiana, Local Jurisdiction Regarding Hurricane Protection Products and Hurricane Protection Product Approval & Plan Review.
For added information, go to their website at http://www.inthpa.com
SOURCE International Hurricane Protection Association
For added information: Thomas Johnston, President of IHPA, +1-561-282-2395, fax, +1-561-433-2101, mgrsoffc@bellsouth.net
Contact:
Tom Johnston
International Hurricane Protection Association
2501 Floral Road
Lantana, FL 33462
(561) 282-2395
mgrsoffc@bellsouth.net http://inthpa.com/
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