The publications listed below have been developed by the Building Science Branch of FEMA's Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration (FIMA) and contain information about safe rooms.
Publications and Documents
Below is a list of helpful guides regarding safe rooms.
- Taking Shelter from the Storm: Building a Safe Room for Your Home or Small Business (FEMA P-320)
- Taking Shelter from the Storm: Building a Safe Room for Your Home or Small Business (FEMA L-233 Brochure)
- Safe Rooms for Tornadoes and Hurricanes: Guidance for Community and Residential Safe Rooms (FEMA P-361)
- Safe Room Resources CD (FEMA P- 388 CD)
- Tornado Protection: Selecting Refuge Areas in Buildings (FEMA P-431)
- Mitigation Assessment Team Report - Spring 2011 Tornadoes: April 25-28 and May 22 (FEMA P-908)
- Formal Observation Report - Tornado: Moore, Oklahoma, May 20, 2013 (FEMA P-1020)
- Community Safe Room Fact Sheet
- Residential Safe Room Fact Sheet
- Residential Tornado Safe Room Doors Fact Sheet
- Foundation and Anchoring Criteria for Safe Rooms Fact Sheet
- Flood Hazard Elevation and Siting Criteria for Community Safe Rooms
- Flood Hazard Elevation and Siting Criteria for Residential Safe Rooms
- 2011 Tornadoes Recovery Advisories
- Tornado Safety Initiative: Saving Lives When Tornadoes Strike Fact Sheet
- Highlights of ICC 500-2014, ICC/NSSA Standard for the Design and Construction of Storm Shelters
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10/20/2016 - 08:23