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Taking Shelter From the Storm: Building a Safe Room For Your Home or Small Business

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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. Taking Shelter From the Storm, Building a Safe Room For Your Home or Small Business, FEMA P-320, now in its third edition, helps home or small business owners assess their risk and determine the best type of safe room for their needs. The publication provides designs for basement, in-ground, and above-ground safe rooms.

The construction plans and specifications are available in DWG and PDF formats and can be downloaded from http://www.fema.gov/library/viewRecord.do?id=5788.


Document Details:
Media Type: CD-ROM
Availability: Distribution Warehouse
Language: English
Date Published: 08/2008
Description/Comment: FEMA P-320 Interactive CD
FEMA Publication Number: FEMA P-320 CD

Media Type: Print Publication (Hardcopy)
Availability: Distribution Warehouse
Language: English
Date Published: 08/2008
Description/Comment: Document, Third Edition
FEMA Publication Number: FEMA P-320

Media Type: File
Availability: Online
Custom CD/DVD
Language: English
Date Published: 08/2008
Description/Comment: Third Edition
FEMA Publication Number: FEMA P-320
Resource File: View / Download / Print  (pdf 7959K) Warning icon This is a large file and may take considerable time to download on slower connections. Consider adding this to your Bookshelf and then using the "CD on Demand" feature upon checkout instead.
508 Accessible Format: View / Download / Print  (txt 95K)
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Chapter / Section Title: Cover and Table of Contents
Chapter / Section Number: Cover and TOC
Resource File: View / Download / Print  (pdf 3846K) Warning icon This is a large file and may take considerable time to download on slower connections. Consider adding this to your Bookshelf and then using the "CD on Demand" feature upon checkout instead.
508 Accessible Format: View / Download / Print  (txt 4K)
Chapter / Section Title: Introduction
Chapter / Section Number: Introduction
Resource File: View / Download / Print  (pdf 152K)
508 Accessible Format: View / Download / Print  (txt 6K)
Chapter / Section Title: Section 1: Understanding the Hazards
Chapter / Section Number: 01
Resource File: View / Download / Print  (pdf 3029K) Warning icon This is a large file and may take considerable time to download on slower connections. Consider adding this to your Bookshelf and then using the "CD on Demand" feature upon checkout instead.
508 Accessible Format: View / Download / Print  (txt 16K)
Chapter / Section Title: Section 2: Planning Your Safe Room
Chapter / Section Number: 02
Resource File: View / Download / Print  (pdf 1927K) Warning icon This is a large file and may take considerable time to download on slower connections. Consider adding this to your Bookshelf and then using the "CD on Demand" feature upon checkout instead.
508 Accessible Format: View / Download / Print  (txt 43K)
Chapter / Section Title: Section 3: Building Your Safe Room
Chapter / Section Number: 03
Resource File: View / Download / Print  (pdf 585K)
508 Accessible Format: View / Download / Print  (txt 22K)
Chapter / Section Title: Appendix A: Acknowledgments
Chapter / Section Number: Appendix A
Resource File: View / Download / Print  (pdf 260K)
508 Accessible Format: View / Download / Print  (txt 3K)

Media Type: File
Availability: Online
Custom CD/DVD
Language: English
Date Published: 08/2008
Description/Comment: Design Drawings - PDF Format
FEMA Publication Number: FEMA P-320
Resource File: View / Download / Print  (pdf 13044K) Warning icon This is a large file and may take considerable time to download on slower connections. Consider adding this to your Bookshelf and then using the "CD on Demand" feature upon checkout instead.

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