by Leslie | Sep 15, 2014 | FEMA Safe Room Guidelines Blog
Our Tornado Shelter Doors are constructed in accordance with FEMA (the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s) guidelines and ICC-500 (the International Code Council’s) standard for tornado shelter doors. This design is based on extensive research, testing,...
by Leslie | Aug 16, 2014 | FEMA Safe Room Guidelines Blog
Question: Does it matter whether an above ground tornado shelter door swings inward or outward? Answer: With virtually every other tornado shelter door on the market, the door swings inward. In theory it’s supposed to make it more difficult to have your...
by Leslie | Apr 27, 2014 | FEMA Safe Room Guidelines Blog
Just because you read something on the internet that doesn’t mean it’s true. Many unscrupulous storm shelter companies try to “pull the wool over our eyes” by making false claims that are sometimes simply outright lies. Take this sign for...
by Leslie | Mar 28, 2014 | FEMA Safe Room Guidelines Blog
The National Storm Shelter Association’s Executive Director is Dr. Ernst Kiesling P.E., Ph.D, from Texas Tech University’s Wind Science and Engineering Research Center. Dr. Kiesling is recognized as one of the premiere authorities in the world on wind...
by Leslie | Mar 14, 2014 | FEMA Safe Room Guidelines Blog
If safe rooms are Impact Tested at Texas Tech does that automatically make them FEMA 320 Compliant? We attended a Home and Garden Show recently and had some customers ask us about FEMA compliance for storm shelters and impact testing at Texas Tech University....
by Leslie | Jan 14, 2014 | FEMA Safe Room Guidelines Blog
You may have had someone from a tornado shelter company tell you that their tornado shelters are “FEMA Certified.” Beware of any company that tries to tell you their storm shelters are “Approved by FEMA” because FEMA does not verify...
