National Storm Shelter Association

Residential Safe Rooms

Help homeowners find relevant information, answers to their questions, and listings of NSSA qualified safe room producers.

Community/ Commercial Safe Rooms

Assist communities and businesses by providing safe room options, reliable information, NSSA Producer listings, and professional listings to provide necessary expertise to design and build safe rooms.

Member Information/ Join NSSA

Assist new member candidates in joining the NSSA. Provide existing Membership with listings, resources, documents and continual educational information.

Safe Room Component Manufacturers

Provide design professionals and manufacturers with component manufacturer’s listings providing safe room tested products.

Survival Shelter Information

The NSSA will provide listings of manufacturers which provide shelters that go beyond the ICC 500 Standard for storm protection and provide shelters for other disaster resilience or purposes.

The National Storm Shelter Association (NSSA) purpose is to ensure our members produce the highest quality of residential, commercial and community safe rooms for protecting people from injury or loss of life from the effects of tornadoes and other wind related events. The Association will be self-policing to maintain public confidence and respect for the storm shelter industry.

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News & Events

Dr. Kiesling receives lifetime award for contributions to storm safety
At the annual NSSA meeting Dr. Ernst Kiesling, NSSA executive director and leadership partner, received a tribute that included stories and pictures of his family, his Texas Tech Wind Science and Engineering leadership, and his lifelong career accomplishments that led to creation of the tornado shelter and safe-room concepts. Following the tribute, Kiesling received […]
Highlights of the 2018 NSSA annual meeting
The NSSA held its annual meeting Nov. 15 at the Four Points Sheraton in Chicago, Illinois. All members were invited to attend the meeting, listen to board-member discussions, and participate in committee discussions. Here are a few takeaways from the conference: One of NSSA’s greatest efforts for 2019 will be asking members to use their […]
Highlights of the 2017 Storm Shelter Conference
The NSSA 2017 Storm Shelter Conference was held November 8th and 9th at the Simpson Strong-Tie Training Center in McKinney, TX. The venue accommodated over 114 attendees and 16 presenters. Day 1 presented design considerations in community shelters which are required by the 2015 International Building Code in school and response centers as well as […]

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