A referral service for the three Wind Pool counties

MS Fortified Roofing serves homeowners in Harrison, Hancock, and Jackson counties on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, the three counties where the state Wind Pool writes coverage, where the Strengthen Mississippi Homes grant program (mid.ms.gov) started, and where MS Code 83-75-3 requires insurers to discount the wind premium on a FORTIFIED-designated home. If you are planning a FORTIFIED roof replacement or a metal re-roof anywhere from Waveland to Moss Point, this site exists to do two things: give you accurate, primary-sourced information, and connect you with an independent licensed contractor who can quote the work.

Who operates this site

MS Fortified Roofing is operated by Compass Camper LLC, an Oregon-registered marketing company doing business as Compass Lead Group. We are not a roofing contractor and do not perform roofing work. We operate this website to connect Gulf Coast homeowners with licensed, insured roofing contractors. When you submit a request, your information is forwarded to an independent local contractor who can schedule your free consultation and quote.

Reach us by email at [email protected] or through the contact page. Office hours are Monday to Friday, 8 AM to 5 PM Central.

What we ask of the contractors we work with

The professionals we connect homeowners with are independent businesses, not our employees and not our partners. We look for objective, verifiable basics:

• A current Mississippi State Board of Contractors license appropriate to the work, which for residential roofing over $10,000 means the Residential Roofer classification. Verify any license at search.msboc.us.
• Current general liability insurance.
• Written workmanship warranties on completed work.
• Transparent, itemized written estimates before any work begins.

We publish the same verification steps we use, so you can run them yourself. The hiring guide walks through the license lookup, the FORTIFIED credential directories, and the questions worth asking before you sign anything.

Why the site is free for homeowners

The referral costs you nothing and never raises your price. We are paid a referral fee by the professional we connect you with, which is the standard arrangement for a marketing service. The full explanation lives on how we make money.

How we handle facts

Every grant, insurance, licensing, and building-code claim on this site cites a primary source: the Mississippi Insurance Department for the Strengthen Mississippi Homes program, IBHS for the FORTIFIED standard, the Mississippi Code for statutes, the MWUA for Wind Pool credits, and the MSBOC for licensing. We publish no grant amounts, caps, or deadlines at all. Those change, the agency owns them, so we name the program, say it may be offered, and link the department's own page instead. Start with the Gulf Coast FORTIFIED roofing guide to see the approach in practice.