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FEMA 361 - Design and Construction Guidance for Community Safe Rooms , 2008
- Design and Construction Guidance for Community Safe Rooms
- Preface
- Table of Contents
- 1 Introduction [Go to Page]
- 1.1 Purpose
- 1.2 Safe Rooms vs. Shelters
- 1.3 Background
- 1.4 Organization of the Publication
- 2 Protection Objectives [Go to Page]
- 2.1 What is a Safe Room?
- 2.2 Safe Room Design Process
- 2.3 Safe Room Costs
- 2.4 Benefit-Cost Analysis
- 3 Design Criteria for Tornado and Hurricane Safe Rooms [Go to Page]
- 3.1 General Approach to the Design of Safe Rooms
- 3.2 Load Combinations
- 3.3 Tornado Community Safe Room Design Criteria
- 3.4 Hurricane Community Safe Room Design Criteria
- 3.5 Residential Safe Room Design Criteria
- 3.6 Flood Hazard Design Criteria for Safe Rooms
- 3.7 Product Testing
- 3.8 Permitting, Code Compliance, Professional Design Oversight, andPeer Review
- 3.9 Construction Documents, SignageCriteria, and Labeling
- 3.10 Quality Assurance/Quality Control and Special Inspections
- 4 Characteristics of Tornadoes and Hurricanes [Go to Page]
- 4.1 General Wind Effects on Buildings
- 4.2 Wind-Induced Forces – Tornadoes and Hurricanes
- 4.3 Effects of Extreme-Wind Forces
- 4.4 Multi-Hazard Considerations
- 4.5 Other Hazards
- 4.6 Fire Protection and Life Safety
- 5 Types, Locations, andSiting of Safe Rooms [Go to Page]
- 5.1 Safe Room Types
- 5.2 Single-Use and Multi-Use Safe Rooms
- 5.3 Modifying and Retrofitting Existing Spaces
- 5.4 Community Safe Rooms for Neighborhoods
- 5.5 Community Safe Rooms at Public Facilities
- 5.6 Safe Room Site Selection
- 5.7 Locating Safe Rooms on Building Sites
- 6 Commentary on LoadDetermination andStructural Design Criteria [Go to Page]
- 6.1 Commentary on the General Approach
- 6.2 Commentary on Load Combinations
- 6.3 Commentary on Tornado Community Safe Room Design Criteria
- 6.4 Commentary on Hurricane Community Safe Room DesignCriteria
- 6.5 Commentary on Residential Safe Room Design Criteria
- 6.6 Commentary on Continuous Load Path Concepts
- 6.7 Anchorages and Connections
- 7 Commentary on DebrisImpact PerformanceCriteria for Safe Rooms [Go to Page]
- 7.1 Windborne Debris in Tornadoes and Hurricanes
- 7.2 Commentary on Resistance to Missile Loads and SuccessfulTesting Criteria
- 7.3 Commentary on Performance of Wall and Roof AssembliesDuring Debris Impact Tests
- 7.4 Commentary on General Performance of Doors, Door Frames,and Windows During Debris Impact Tests
- 7.5 Commentary on Soil Protection From Debris Impact
- 7.6 Commentary on Large Falling Debris
- 8 Human Factors Criteria [Go to Page]
- 8.1 Protection of Critical Support Systems
- 8.2 Occupancy Duration
- 8.3 Ventilation
- 8.4 Square Footage, Occupancy, and Egress Recommendations
- 8.5 Distance and Travel Time
- 8.6 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
- 8.7 Special Needs
- 8.8 Lighting
- 8.9 Emergency Provisions
- 8.10 Standby Power
- 9 Emergency ManagementConsiderations [Go to Page]
- 9.1 Community Safe Room Operations Plan
- 9.2 Community Safe Room Maintenance Plan
- 9.3 Commercial or Public Building Safe Room Operations Plan
- 9.4 Signage
- 10 References
- Appendix A Acknowledgments
- Appendix B Safe Room Assessment andDesign Tools [Go to Page]
- B.1 Extreme-Wind RefugeArea Evaluation Checklists [Go to Page]
- B.2 Designer Checklists
- Appendix C Case Study 1 – Stand-AloneCommunity Safe Room [Go to Page]
- Community Safe Room Plan Drawings
- Community Safe Room (CSR) Sample Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)
- Appendix D Case Study II – School Community Safe Room [Go to Page]
- Witchita School Plan Drawings
- Appendix E Wall Sections That Passed Previous Missile Impact Tests
- Appendix F Doors and Hardware That Passed Previous MissileImpact Tests
- Appendix G Design Guidance on MissileImpact Protection Levels forWood Sheathing
- Appendix H Acronyms and Abbreviations [Go to Page]