Lightning Protection in Tennessee

Farm land in the west and the Great Smokey Mountains in the east and 42,143square miles, Tennessee is the 36th largest state in the Union. The birth place of country music gets, on average, 50 inches of rain a year.

From 1990-2003, 16 people were killed by lightning, which puts Tennessee in the top 20 for lightning related fatalities. Tennessee averages 597,751 cloud to ground lightning strikes which averages to 13.8 strikes per mile!

KLP, Inc. provides lightning protection design, lightning grounding design, tech support, certification in addition to a full line of UL listed lightning rod parts and lightning conductors. All lightning rod parts and grounding equipment meet or exceed criteria set forth by the NFPA780, the LPI175 and UL96A. We offer complete installation as well as Underwriters' Laboratories Master Label Service and Lightning Protection Institute Certification.