FRA Flood Protection for Vulnerable Equipment Flood Risk America is an American manufacturing and flood protection consulting company based in south Florida, but working Nationwide to save commercial businesses and properties from flooding. Their services range from pre-construction consulting, vulnerability studies, flood risk assessments, safety plans, LIDAR flood modeling and mapping, to flood mitigation education. Within the last couple years, they have been contracting with large hospitals across the coast to keep these essential buildings operational during a flooding emergency.  T ..read more

Flooding is nature’s most deadliest disaster and it is becoming more prevalent every year. In fact, over the past century we have experienced more intense and frequent storms, which is a 20% increase in the past 50 years, and is estimated to grow by 40-45% over the next 90 years.  Damages from these flood losses have increased to an average of about 10 billion per year. More importantly, what are we doing to prevent these damages?  One company decided to make it their mission to protect and save more properties from flooding emergencies by creating customized flood services to prepare clients ..read more

Flooding to any building can cause extensive damage, but elevators tend to be the most susceptible. The pits of the elevator are usually one of the lowest points of elevation in a building, giving rise to floodwaters. Some insurance companies will not even pay the entire claim if the client fails to send the elevator cab to the second level. This leaves not only the elevator, but also the building and business out of service, costing owners potentially millions of dollars in revenue. Here at Flood Risk America, we wanted to come up with a competitive and sustainable solution to help clients e ..read more

Commercial Real Estate   A large commercial real estate owner had a Hotel on the water, paying $105,000 for flood insurance.  Flood Risk America provided a complimentaryVulnerability Assessment, demonstrating how flooding and storm surge would affect the hotel, as well as incorporating the investigation of historical flooding. Flood Risk America then confirmed, from the Vulnerability Assessment,how the hotel could avoid future flood losses.  FRA installed flood panels on the ground floor lobby to protect the elevators and lobby from avoi ..read more

Hurricane Season With the formation of Hurricane Gordon and Hurricane Lane within the last week and rain falling hard on your Labor Day weekend, have you thought about the “what if” of hurricane season? With active numbers reaching in the peaks of September and October, it’s better to be safe and protected, than last minute shopping at your local hardware stores to ineffective methods of flood protection. Most people think about the bottles of water and canned goods that they need, but most do not talk about their flood safety plan or ma ..read more

  One of the reasons why you would want to choose FRA’s Flood Panels over any other company would be our outstanding customer service. We have over 20 years of experience and are available 24/7 for questions and concerns. We have an outstanding team of trained flood professionals, architects, engineers, and educators.  At Flood Risk America, we believe that education is important for both safety and effectiveness.  Our trained professionals will simulate a mock deployment for you and your team and make sure that you and your staff are prepared for an emergency flooding situation.  Most compani ..read more

Three Key Steps in Pre-intervention Planning  1.    Install flood mitigation measures in and around your property. 2.    Plan a safe retreat and have a meeting place 3.    Go over emergency plan and evacuation route It is important to reduce the risk of damage to structures from flooding by elevating critical utilities, such as electrical panels, switches, sockets, wiring, appliances, and heating systems, and waterproofing basements. Secure the property. Tie down or bring outdoor equipment and la ..read more

  The third step in preparation for a flooding emergency involves constructing flood barriers or shields around individual pieces of equipment or areas that contain essential equipment to prevent floodwaters from coming into contact with them.  For dry flood proofing to be effective, the barrier must be high enough to protect essential equipment from floodwater, strong enough to resist flood forces, and sealed well enough to control leakage and infiltration. Dry flood proofing measures must also satisfy applicable codes and standards.  There are many different types of dry flood proofing measu ..read more

Step 2: Formulating an Emergency Plan  Step 2 for preparing for a flooding emergency involves formulating an emergency plan and an emergency kit in advance. Ensure pets are safe by including them in your emergency plan. It is not only important to create this, but it is also imperative to make sure everyone is aware of the plan and how it will be conducted. This brings us to an important part of your emergency plan, which is to include an emergency com ..read more

Understand Your Risk with a Vulnerability Assessment.  After you have completed your flood risk assessment on your property (s), determined your flooding risk and elevation data, it is important to assess your susceptible areas within your property.  A Vulnerability Assessment provides information and recommendations to improve the functionality of critical capacities and flood proofs expensive equipment. For example, it is important for prevention of ..read more