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ICC – 500 (2014)  and ICC – 500 Commentary (2014)

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FEMA 320 and 361

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Where Will You Go When a Storm Nears?

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How Can You Discern Quality in a Storm Shelter?

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Articles

“Tornado Debris Impact Testing and Masonry” – Structure Magazine (May 2018)

“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

Widespread Use of Shelters

Builder Seminar

FEMA Region VI: Shelter Quality Verification

Houses without Foundations

ICC/NSSA Standard

Shelters: Alternatives to Evacutation

Enhanced Fujita Scale

Kiesling Presentation

Waller Presentation

Tezak Presentation

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Tornado Victim Preps for New Storm Shelter

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)

“Abbreviated Checklist Storm Shelter Design & Construction

“How to Obtain a Building Permit”
James L. Buckner, P.E. SECB

“NSSA Storm Shelter Quality Verification”

NSSA Standard (12/2006)

“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)

ICC International Code Council(1)
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