Making grandma happy always is a wise policy. Just ask Jerry Kortesmaki, owner, London Road Rental Center, Duluth, Minn. 

As equipment thieves’ methods become more devious, it is more important than ever for rental owners to invest in common tech tools that can help protect their inventory and recover stolen assets. 

With locations stretching across the United States and beyond, the equipment rental industry’s largest companies have the inventory and labor resources to react quickly and efficiently as responders in advance of, during and in the aftermath of hurricanes, tornados, fires, floods and other emergencies.

As providers and efficient installers of the equipment that propels live events, such as tenting, flooring, power generation, catering supplies and more, event rental professionals are among the first-call experts when natural or human-made disasters strike.