NSSA Member Information
NSSA Documents
Publications/Brochures/Promotional
ICC- 500 (2014) / FEMA 320 and 361
Where Will You Go When a Storm Nears?
How Can You Discern Quality in a Storm Shelter?
Educational
Articles
“Safe Room Industry Maturing Rapidly” – Ernst W. Kiesling (2016)
Community Storm Shelter “absolutely save lives” – (February 2016)
Summary: Key Points of Kansas City Demonstration – (December 2015)
Foundation and Anchoring Criteria for Safe Rooms – FEMA Fact Sheet (October 2015)
“Standards Compliance in Storm Shelter and Safe Room Industry” – Kristopher Lamar -Romtec (September 2015)
Residential Tornado Safe Room Door – FEMA Fact Sheet (September 2014)
“Shelter from the Storm” – PE Magazine (December, 2013)
“Demand for Safe Rooms Whips Up” – USA Today (April 20, 2011)
Presentations
Archives
“In-Home Shelters from Extreme Winds” –
Ernst W. Kiesling and David E. Goolsby
(Civil Engineering -ASCE 09/1974)
“Building Codes and Storm Shelter Safety” –
James E. Waller, P.E. and Ernst W. Kiesling, P.E., Ph.D.
(Building Safety Journal 08/2003)
“On-Grade Reinforced Concrete Floor Slabs for Storm Shelters“-
Navin K. Galani, Andrew Budek, Ernst W. Kiesling, and Mohammed Zain
(Building Safety Journal 04/2006)
“Validation of Finite-Element Analyses for Storm Shelters”–
Andrew Budek, Mohammed Zain, Long Qiao, and R. Scott Phelan
(Journal of Architectural Engineering-ASCE 06/2006)
“A Hurricane-Spawned Tornado Room”–
Sid Perkins
(Science News Magazine 09/2009)
“How to Obtain a Building Permit”
James L. Buckner, P.E. SECB
“Size Limits for Above-Ground Safe Rooms”
Mohammed Zain, Andrew Budek, Ernst W. Kiesling
“Storm Shelter Quality”
Ernst W. Kiesling
“Storm Shelter Quality Verification”
Ernst W. Kiesling (10/2004)
