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Sheltering Resources

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  • American Red Cross Shelter Operations Management Toolkit [5/06] (PDF 359KB, TXT 116KB)
  • American Red Cross Disaster Services Program Guidance for Mass Care and Sheltering [08/06] (PDF 182KB, TXT 48KB)
  • Mega-Shelter Best Practices for Planning, Activation, Operations:  A Curriculum of the Academy for Venue Safety and  Security; IAAM Life Safety Council [7/15/06] (PDF 2913KB, TXT 449KB)
  • Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) Checklist for Emergency Shelters [7/26/07] (PDF 4426KB, TXT 85KB)
  • Transitional Sheltering Assistance for Displaced Individuals and Households:  Interim FEMA Disaster Assistance Policy (DAP 9433.2) [9/22/08] (PDF 1386KB, TXT 10KB)
  • Host-State Evacuation and Sheltering Reimbursement:  Interim Disaster Assistance Policy 9523.18 (Web link)
  • Mass Sheltering and Housing Assistance:  FEMA Recovery Strategy [8/11/06] (PDF 271KB)
  • Eligible Costs Related to Evacuations and Sheltering:  Disaster Assistance Policy 9523.15 (Web link)
  • Design and Construction Guidance for Community Safe Room, FEMA 361, Second Edition [8/08] (PDF 17461KB, TXT 766KB)
  • Safe Rooms and Shelters, Protecting People Against Terrorist Attacks, FEMA 453 [5/06] (PDF 10014KB, TXT 383KB)

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