Benefits of NSSA to shelter producers:
- Reinforcement that you are “doing it right”
- Industry standard that delineates quality essentials
- Test procedures for verifying debris impact resistance
- Quality verification by an independent third-party engineering firm to verify standard compliance
- Identification and visibility as a producer of quality shelters through the NSSA seal program and web listing
- Improved position with respect to liability issues through NSSA process for standards compliance verification
Benefits of NSSA to a shelter consumer:
- Identity of shelter producers who provide quality-verified products
- Labels on quality-verified products
- ICC/NSSA standard that establishes quality criteria
- Information and education via seminars, web pages, and response to inquiries
- Checklists of important elements of shelter quality
- Advocacy for incentive programs for shelter construction
Benefits of NSSA to a policy decision-maker:
- Quality verification of manufactured shelters or site-built shelters
- Industry leaders available for guidance on mitigation strategies and policies
- Involvement with International Code Council to develop a comprehensive shelter standard, ICC-500, available for building code adoption in 2007
Benefits of NSSA to shelter inspectors:
- Quality essentials checklist
- Storm shelter quality standard
- Educational programs to identify essentials of quality construction/installation
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