NC FORTIFIED
Evaluations
Reduce your insurance costs and protect your family. Learn how NC Fortified is building stronger, safer communites with FORTIFIED Evaluation
Welcome to NC Fortified
Complete FORTIFIED HOME™
Evaluation Services
Your local resource for Fortified Home evaluators – including FORTIFIED Roof™, FORTIFIED Silver™, and FORTIFIED Gold™. Serving 15 North Carolina counties including Currituck and Dare.
Ask your builder for
FORTIFIED Gold™
For superior protection from hurricanes, tornadoes and other severe weather events, choose FORTIFIED Gold™.
What are the benefits of FORTIFIED?
Typical construction leaves your home vulnerable.
Peace of Mind
Beyond-code construction & re-roofing standards based on decades of research.
Directory
Directory of service providers trained on the standard and the verification process.
Improved Value
Fortified homes are more likely to sell faster than non-FORTIFIED homes due to the decreased cost to own it.
Verification
Verification of key upgrades by an independent third-party evaluator & reviewed by Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety - IBHS.
Stronger Community
As more new homes are built, and older homes are retrofitted, to the FORTIFIED standard, communities as a whole become stronger and more resilient.
Grant Opportunity
Potential qualification for financial incentives.
Homeowners
Every year, communities are impacted by severe weather. See how homeowners who wanted protection that goes beyond building codes used the FORTIFIED Program™ to get peace of mind when storms hit.
Ask your builder for FORTIFIED Gold™
Homeowners along the Outer Banks and Barrier Islands (rating territories 110 and 120) whose property is insured by the North Carolina Insurance Underwriting Association (NCIUA) may be eligible for the Strengthen Your Roof program. Eligible policyholders, at any income level, can apply for a grant of up to $6,000 to help defray the costs of a FORTIFIED Roof™.