Who Needs a Lightning Protection System?

Everyone Needs Lightning Protection!

Lightning can strike anywhere on earth - even at the North and South Poles! Thunderstorms occur virtually everywhere and that puts any building at risk. State-of-the-art certified lightning protection systems are a part of the structural design of thousands of commercial and public facilities worldwide. These systems are designed to maximize protection to both life and property. Risk factors including your location, frequency of thunderstorms, soil composition and building occupancy determine the need for lightning protection system.

Lightning storms can ocur in any U.S. geographical location and can occur from 5-100 times per year. The Northeast US has some of the most violent thunderstorms in the country because that area has extremely high earth resistivity (the earth's resistance to conduct current) which increases the potential of a lightning strike. Structures in these areas will generally sustain more damage, when struck by lighting, when there is no lightning protection system present.

Thousands of homes and other properties are damaged or destroyed by lightning each year. Lightning strikes account for more than quarter billion dollars in property damage annually in the United States. Lightning strikes are responsible for more property loss and deaths than all the hurricanes, tornadoes and floods combined. Lightning is the only violent force of nature that one we can economically afford to protect ourselves against.

Some properties have a higher risk of lighting damage. You may want to assess these risks when considering installation of a lightning protection system. You will find a risk assessment guide for determining lightning loss for all types of structures in the literature that is included with the material we will send you when you request it. Or you may also access the online version of our Risk Assessment Guide.