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Design and Construction Guidance for Community Shelters. First Edition
This document is a guidance manual for engineers, architects, building officials, and prospective shelter owners. It presents important information about the design and construction of community shelters that will provide protection during tornado and hurricane events. For the purpose of this manual, a community shelter is defined as a shelter that is designed and constructed to protect a large number of people from a natural hazard event. The number of persons taking refuge in the shelter will typically be more than 12 and could be up to several hundred or more. These numbers exceed the maximum occupancy of small, in-residence shelters recommended in FEMA 320, Taking Shelter From the Storm: Building a Safe Room Inside Your House. This manual covers two types of community shelters: stand-alone shelter - a separate building (i.e., not within or attached to any other building) that is designed and constructed to withstand high winds and the impact of windborne debris (missiles) during tornadoes, hurricanes, or other extreme-wind events; and internal shelter - a specially designed and constructed room or area within or attached to a larger building; the shelter (room or area) is designed and constructed to be structurally independent of the larger building and to provide the same wind and missile protection as a stand-alone shelter. These shelters are intended to provide protection during a short-term high-wind event (i.e., an event that lasts no more than 36 hours) such as a tornado or hurricane. They are not recovery shelters intended to provide services and housing for people whose homes have been damaged or destroyed by fires, disasters, or catastrophes.
Design and Construction Guidance for Community Shelters. First Edition
This document is a guidance manual for engineers, architects, building officials, and prospective shelter owners. It presents important information about the design and construction of community shelters that will provide protection during tornado and hurricane events. For the purpose of this manual, a community shelter is defined as a shelter that is designed and constructed to protect a large number of people from a natural hazard event. The number of persons taking refuge in the shelter will typically be more than 12 and could be up to several hundred or more. These numbers exceed the maximum occupancy of small, in-residence shelters recommended in FEMA 320, Taking Shelter From the Storm: Building a Safe Room Inside Your House. This manual covers two types of community shelters: stand-alone shelter - a separate building (i.e., not within or attached to any other building) that is designed and constructed to withstand high winds and the impact of windborne debris (missiles) during tornadoes, hurricanes, or other extreme-wind events; and internal shelter - a specially designed and constructed room or area within or attached to a larger building; the shelter (room or area) is designed and constructed to be structurally independent of the larger building and to provide the same wind and missile protection as a stand-alone shelter. These shelters are intended to provide protection during a short-term high-wind event (i.e., an event that lasts no more than 36 hours) such as a tornado or hurricane. They are not recovery shelters intended to provide services and housing for people whose homes have been damaged or destroyed by fires, disasters, or catastrophes.
Design and Construction Guidance for Community Shelters. First Edition
2000
288 pages
Report
No indication
English
Emergency Services & Planning , Police, Fire, & Emergency Services , Shelters , Design , Construction , Natural disasters , Community planning , Hurricanes , Tornadoes , Protection , Public safety , Risk assessment , Structural design , Impact resistance , Loads(Forces) , Human factors , Emergency management
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