Mobile Safe Room On Tour
Release Date: June 10, 2003
Release Number: 1462-47
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Lenexa, KS -- One of the best ways to protect your family during a severe storm is to build a safe room. Safe Rooms are built using reinforced steel and concrete to form a protective barrier from flying debris during a storm. Safe Rooms can be constructed either above ground or below ground and are anchored to a concrete slab foundation or floor.
Recovery specialists with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will have a mobile safe room on display at the following locations. The Safe Room displays will be open at each location during the month of June from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
| Schedule for Mobile Safe Room | |
|---|---|
| June 12-15 | Lawrence Home Depot 1910 W 31st Street. Lawrence, KS |
| June 17-19 | Leavenworth Home Depot 5000 S. 4th Leavenworth, KS (Eisenhower & Hwy 73) |
| June 21-23 | North Kansas City, MO 5307 Center Mall Kansas City, MO Antioch Shopping Center parking lot |
For those who are unable to view the traveling Safe Room, construction plans are available in the booklet, Taking Shelter From the Storm: Building a Safe Room Inside Your House, FEMA Publication 320, by calling 1-888-565-3896. This booklet contains recommended construction plans for Safe Rooms. The text is also available on the FEMA website www.FEMA.gov
Last Modified: Tuesday, 10-Jun-2003 12:27:45