From criminal activity to onsite injuries to natural disasters, self-storage operators must predict and and mitigate all manner of business threats. Important aspects to managing risk include understanding legal issues, practicing theft prevention, investing in insurance coverage, and keeping pace with laws that affect the industry.
A woman has been charged with child neglect and false imprisonment after allegedly locking her 14-year-old son inside a self-storage unit in Roseville, Minn., for several hours last month. An employee of Acorn Mini Storage at 2480 Cleveland Ave. N...
Pennsylvania established a provision for self-storage limited-lines insurance on Oct. 24 when Gov. Tom Wolf signed House Bill 504 (HB 504) into law. Under the measure, self-storage owners as well as their employees and other company...
Though self-storage isn’t a “typical” retail business, staff can still be targets of criminal activity. With Halloween around the corner, some self-storage managers have faced scary situations while on duty at their facilities...
Investigators searching for Susan Freehauf, an Oklahoma City resident who disappeared on Sept. 24, discovered several personal items belonging to her when they searched a unit at American Self Storage on Meridian Avenue. Court documents indicate...
Police are investigating the death of a woman whose body was found on Saturday inside a unit at Rochester Self Storage in Rochester, N.H. The woman has been identified as Jessica Purslow, 45. Her death has been classified as “suspicious...
A fire can be devastating to a self-storage business, but if one occurs at your facility, you need to spring into action and contain the chaos as best as you can. Here’s guidance on facing a fire and its aftermath from an operator with firsthand...
A resident manager at a SecurCare Self Storage facility in Tulsa, Okla., was assaulted during a burglary early Tuesday morning. The woman, who was shoved during the incident, was taken to a local hospital, according to a source...
