Amenities include fireplaces, vaulted ceilings, washer / dryer hook ups, onsite playground, a large community
tornado safe room, community building with library, computer workstations and a work - out facility; and
Not exact matches
For example, in a flood, you want to be at the highest location in your home, but for a
tornado, a windowless
room on the ground floor is
safest.
Even if you don't live in an area that's vulnerable to earthquakes, floods,
tornadoes, and other natural catastrophes, designate a
safe room in your home that's free from potential hazards like broken windows and flying objects.
Below you can learn more about mobile homes in
tornadoes and find links to background on building «
safe rooms» — small havens with reinforced walls that improve the odds of surviving a potent windstorm.
In a telephone interview Friday afternoon, Ashley told me that anyone living in
tornado country in a home lacking a
safe room should make sure, at the very least, to invest in a $ 30 weather radio and a serious escape plan.
I would just add that the high cost per life saved through
safe rooms which Kevin and I find in our research really indicates that
tornado safety is about reducing and not eliminating risk.
Tom Cook, who lost his wife in a
tornado in 2008 in Racine, Mo., describes how he moved with his daughter to Joplin, Mo., but to a house with a
safe room.
The conventional
safe rooms and
tornado shelters being built by Nabholz Construction will do just fine.
Having a
safe room built for your home or small business can help provide near - absolute protection for you and your family or employees from injury or death caused by the dangerous forces of extreme winds such as
tornadoes and hurricanes.
It presents important information about the design and construction of community and residential
safe rooms that will provide protection during
tornado and hurricane events.
Since wind hazards (such as those associated with
tornadoes and hurricanes) vary throughout the United States, the decision to build a
safe room is largely based on the magnitude of the wind hazard in a given area and on the level of risk considered acceptable.
Should you consider building a
safe room in your home or small business to provide protection for you, your family or employees during a
tornado or hurricane?
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 Shelt
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 Shel
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 Shelt
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 Shel
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 Shelt
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 Shel
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 Shelt
Safe Rooms and ICC 500, ICC / NSSA Standard for the Design and Construction of Storm Shel
Rooms and ICC 500, ICC / NSSA Standard for the Design and Construction of Storm Shelters.
Having a
safe room can also relieve some of the anxiety created by the threat of an oncoming
tornado or hurricane.
The
safe rooms discussed in FEMA P - 320 are designed to provide protection for you, your family or employees from the extreme winds expected during
tornadoes and hurricanes and from wind - borne debris associated with these events.
Return to FEMA P - 361 -
Safe Rooms for
Tornados and Hurricanes: Guidance for Community and Residential
Safe Rooms.
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).
And if you do stay home, bring your pet with you to whatever
room is
safest — whether it's the attic (flooding) or the basement (
tornado).