Safe rooms and shelters: Protecting People Against Terrorist Attacks

Book excerpt: NOTE: NO FURTHER DISCOUNT FOR THIS PRINT PRODUCT -- OVERSTOCK SALE -- Significantly reduced list price while supplies last This manual is intended to provide guidance for engineers, architects, building officials, building and home inspectors, and property owners to design shelters and safe rooms n buildings. It presents informaton about the design and construction of shelters in the work place, home, or community building that will provide protection in response to manmade hazards. Included is information to: assist in planning and design of shelters that may be constructed outside or within dwellings or public buildings. designed to protect individuals from assaults and attempted kidnapping, which requires design featurs to resist forced entry and ballistic impact Protective options, from low-cost expedient protection, such as sheltering-in-place to safe rooms ventilated and pressurized with purified air by ultra-high- efficiency filters. and more. Related products: Taking Shelter From the Storm: Building a Safe Room for Your Home or Small Business; Includes Construction Plans (CD) can be found here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/064-000-00069-1?ctid=138 A Study of Active Shooter Incidents in the United States Between 2000 and 2013 can be found here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/027-001-00101-3 Incremental Protection for Existing Commercial Buildings From Terrorist Attack: Providing Protection to People and Buildings can be found here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/064-000-00043-8 Reference Manual to Mitigate Potential Terrorist Attacks Against Buildings: Providing Protection to People and Buildings is available here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/064-000-00038-1 World Trade Center Building Performance Study: Data Collection, Preliminary Observations, and Recommendations is available here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/064-000-00029-2 Other products produced by U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) can be found here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/agency/528