FEMA 361 08:2008 Edition

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FEMA 361 – Design and Construction Guidance for Community Safe Rooms

Published By	Publication Date	Number of Pages
FEMA	2008	374

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PDF Pages	PDF Title
1	Design and Construction Guidance for Community Safe Rooms
5	Preface
7	Table of Contents
17	1 Introduction 1.1 Purpose
18	1.2 Safe Rooms vs. Shelters
21	1.3 Background
29	1.4 Organization of the Publication
31	2 Protection Objectives
32	2.1 What is a Safe Room?
37	2.2 Safe Room Design Process
51	2.3 Safe Room Costs
56	2.4 Benefit-Cost Analysis
61	3 Design Criteria for Tornado and Hurricane Safe Rooms 3.1 General Approach to the Design of Safe Rooms
63	3.2 Load Combinations
67	3.3 Tornado Community Safe Room Design Criteria
74	3.4 Hurricane Community Safe Room Design Criteria
83	3.5 Residential Safe Room Design Criteria
88	3.6 Flood Hazard Design Criteria for Safe Rooms
93	3.7 Product Testing
94	3.8 Permitting, Code Compliance, Professional Design Oversight, andPeer Review
96	3.9 Construction Documents, SignageCriteria, and Labeling
98	3.10 Quality Assurance/Quality Control and Special Inspections
101	4 Characteristics of Tornadoes and Hurricanes 4.1 General Wind Effects on Buildings
102	4.2 Wind-Induced Forces – Tornadoes and Hurricanes
108	4.3 Effects of Extreme-Wind Forces
116	4.4 Multi-Hazard Considerations
121	4.5 Other Hazards
122	4.6 Fire Protection and Life Safety
123	5 Types, Locations, andSiting of Safe Rooms 5.1 Safe Room Types
125	5.2 Single-Use and Multi-Use Safe Rooms
128	5.3 Modifying and Retrofitting Existing Spaces
131	5.4 Community Safe Rooms for Neighborhoods
133	5.5 Community Safe Rooms at Public Facilities
135	5.6 Safe Room Site Selection
136	5.7 Locating Safe Rooms on Building Sites
141	6 Commentary on LoadDetermination andStructural Design Criteria 6.1 Commentary on the General Approach
149	6.2 Commentary on Load Combinations
156	6.3 Commentary on Tornado Community Safe Room Design Criteria
161	6.4 Commentary on Hurricane Community Safe Room DesignCriteria
163	6.5 Commentary on Residential Safe Room Design Criteria
164	6.6 Commentary on Continuous Load Path Concepts
165	6.7 Anchorages and Connections
169	7 Commentary on DebrisImpact PerformanceCriteria for Safe Rooms
170	7.1 Windborne Debris in Tornadoes and Hurricanes
176	7.2 Commentary on Resistance to Missile Loads and SuccessfulTesting Criteria
184	7.3 Commentary on Performance of Wall and Roof AssembliesDuring Debris Impact Tests
188	7.4 Commentary on General Performance of Doors, Door Frames,and Windows During Debris Impact Tests
196	7.5 Commentary on Soil Protection From Debris Impact 7.6 Commentary on Large Falling Debris
199	8 Human Factors Criteria 8.1 Protection of Critical Support Systems
200	8.2 Occupancy Duration 8.3 Ventilation
203	8.4 Square Footage, Occupancy, and Egress Recommendations
205	8.5 Distance and Travel Time
206	8.6 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
207	8.7 Special Needs 8.8 Lighting
208	8.9 Emergency Provisions
210	8.10 Standby Power
211	9 Emergency ManagementConsiderations
212	9.1 Community Safe Room Operations Plan
217	9.2 Community Safe Room Maintenance Plan
218	9.3 Commercial or Public Building Safe Room Operations Plan
220	9.4 Signage
223	10 References
229	Appendix A Acknowledgments
235	Appendix B Safe Room Assessment andDesign Tools
237	B.1 Extreme-Wind RefugeArea Evaluation Checklists
269	B.2 Designer Checklists
273	Appendix C Case Study 1 – Stand-AloneCommunity Safe Room
279	Community Safe Room Plan Drawings
293	Community Safe Room (CSR) Sample Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)
337	Appendix D Case Study II – School Community Safe Room
343	Witchita School Plan Drawings
353	Appendix E Wall Sections That Passed Previous Missile Impact Tests
359	Appendix F Doors and Hardware That Passed Previous MissileImpact Tests
365	Appendix G Design Guidance on MissileImpact Protection Levels forWood Sheathing
369	Appendix H Acronyms and Abbreviations