The site helps you learn about the strength of your home by analyzing the presence or absence of construction features necessary for achieving disaster resilience. The site addresses six natural disasters: earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires, and winter storms.

The site is helpful for anyone interested in a home’s potential strengths or weaknesses in the face of disaster and ways they can strengthen the home. The information provided is a starting point, subject to data limitations. Check with your local building department or jurisdiction about the building code that applies to your home, as local amendments often apply.

Always consult a licensed, qualified, experienced architect, engineer, or contractor before beginning a home renovation project.

The site information reflects an engineering analysis of different model building codes and features required for disaster resilience. When you enter an address, you will see tabs reflecting your location’s top three disaster risks. Each peril includes a page with a 3D house illustration mapped with numbered structural resilience features outlined in red or green to indicate the presence or absence of each feature. Individual 2D retrofit illustrations with text, video links, and resources appear below the house, along with code and disaster history for the location.

If you enter your city and state, the site will indicate the top three disaster risks and model code incorporated by that city and state. You will also see the location’s building code adoption and disaster history when available, along with a generic list of structural resilience recommendations that are not correlated to your specific address.

Yes, subject to data limitations, the site will indicate the model building code your jurisdiction adopted when your home was built, but it may not reflect local or statewide amendments. Check with your local building department or jurisdiction about the building code that applies to your home to identify any changes made at the local level.

The data provided on this website is derived in whole or in part from publicly available, individually researched, and source-provided data, including “as is” data via the Zestimate API.

The site includes home structural resilience features for earthquake, flood, hurricane, tornado, wildfire, and winter storm perils.

The site data covers the continental United States and Puerto Rico.

See the “Building Code Basics” section below.

Email info@flash.org if you have any questions or to submit updated building code status information for your jurisdiction.