Taking Shelter from the Storm: Building a Safe Room for Your Home or Small Business (FEMA P-320)

This resource offers comprehensive guidance for building safe rooms in homes and small businesses to protect occupants from extreme wind events, including tornadoes and hurricanes. It details safe room design considerations such as dimensions, occupant capacity, ventilation, wall height, signage, permitting, code conflicts, site verification, and seismic risks. The document also provides recommendations for emergency supply kits and references relevant building codes and standards for safe room construction.