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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

For membership grades and their descriptions, visit the Members Applications Page

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