Safe Room Resources - Display Panels
- Assessing Your Risk
- Partners in Progress
- In-Residence Shelter History
- Building Your Safe Room
- Doors and Hardware
- Safe Room and Shelter Resources
- Emergency Planning/Emergency Supply Kit
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Assessing Your Risk
On the basis of 40 years of tornado history and more than 100 years of hurricane history, the United States has been divided into four zones that geographically reflect number and strength of extreme windstorms. This display illustrates the geographical locations and intensity of these locations.
Partners in Progress
(Today, tornado and hurricane prone communities have a new sense of hope and safety. Safe rooms and shelters are becoming a part of our country’s planning and development philosophy and serve as a beacon of progress as we proudly move into the 21st Century. This display outlines how National, state, local agencies, businesses and individuals across the country are embracing the concept of Disaster Resistant Communities
In-Residence Shelter History
(This display panel provides a timeline of in-residence safe rooms from the early 1970’s to present day. This panel shows the conceptualization, testing and implementation phases of safe rooms.
Building Your Safe Room
(This display panel provides an overview in building your safe room; which includes information on various designs and construction methods. Your builder/contractor can use the design drawings in FEMA 320, “Taking Shelter From the Storm: Building a Safe Room Inside Your House”.
Doors and Hardware
(This display panel provides an overview of doors and the hardware that should be used in designing your tornado resistant door. This panel outlines information on various designs and construction methods.
Safe Room and Shelter Resources
(This display panel provides other resources including FEMA publications and outside agencies that can assist in you in researching and building safe your room.
Emergency Planning/Emergency Supply Kit
(Whether or not you decide that you need a shelter in your house, you can take important steps to protect yourself and your family during a hurricane or tornado. This display panel shows some basic steps that you can take in protecting yourself, family and friends.
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