ICC 500-2014 is also a referenced standard in FEMA P - 320, Taking Shelter from the Storm: Building a Safe Room for Your Home or Small Business (2014) and FEMA P - 361, Safe Rooms for Tornadoes and Hurricanes: Guidance for Community and
Residential Safe Rooms (2015).
Return to FEMA P - 361 - Safe Rooms for Tornados and Hurricanes: Guidance for Community and
Residential Safe Rooms.
However, safe rooms in small businesses (or in residences with greater than 16 occupants) are considered community safe rooms and, therefore, must be designed with additional architectural, fire safety, ventilation and other requirements, as described in FEMA P - 361, Safe Rooms for Tornadoes and Hurricanes: Guidance for Community and
Residential Safe Rooms and ICC 500, ICC / NSSA Standard for the Design and Construction of Storm Shelters.
All information contained in this publication is applicable to
residential safe rooms but may also be useful for safe rooms in small businesses.
It presents important information about the design and construction of community and
residential safe rooms that will provide protection during tornado and hurricane events.
Not exact matches
These suites offer a truly
residential feel and are enhanced with 42» flat - screen TVs, refrigerator, queen pillow - top beds, in -
room safes and MP3 docking stations.
For the purposes of this program, the term
safe room will include any above or below ground residential shelter which meets or exceeds guidelines stated in the most recent versions of FEMA Publications 320 (Taking Shelter from the Storm) and FEMA 361 (Design and Construction Criteria for Community Safe Rooms), as well as ICC 500 (Standards for the Design and Construction of Storm Shelte
safe room will include any above or below ground
residential shelter which meets or exceeds guidelines stated in the most recent versions of FEMA Publications 320 (Taking Shelter from the Storm) and FEMA 361 (Design and Construction Criteria for Community
Safe Rooms), as well as ICC 500 (Standards for the Design and Construction of Storm Shelte
Safe Rooms), as well as ICC 500 (Standards for the Design and Construction of Storm Shelters).