While tornado doors are similar in appearance to standard steel doors they are highly engineered products and cannot be substituted by heavy gauge standard steel doors.
Fema rated storm doors.
Guidance for community and residential safe rooms fema p 361 safe room resources cd accompanying resources fema p 388 cd tornado protection.
Taking shelter from the storm.
Hurricane fema rated storm doors alpine overhead doors manufacturers redi storm and fire storm hurricane and fema rated doors icc 500 2014 and fema p 361 which are tested and approved for stringent miami dade county and fbc wind load requirements.
Stormpro doors and frame assemblies meet the requirements for fire protection icc 500 2014 and fema guidelines.
Building a safe room for your home or small business fema s safe room guidance also references criteria in icc 500 standard for the design and construction of storm shelters.
No wood door with or without metal sheathing has successfully passed fema p 361.
Securall tornado doors are constructed in accordance with federal emergency management agency fema recommended design specifications.
To that end forceshield doors has developed a superior door designed and tested to withstand the destructive forces of extreme wind events.
Sustained winds of 130 mph to 250 mph are generally associated with tornados.
Fema storm shelter doors and hardware for in residence tornado shelters safe rooms.
Tornado 320 door securall tornado doors are constructed in accordance with the federal emergency management agency s fema guidelines and the international code council s icc 500 standard for tornado shelter doors.
The extra heavy duty stormpro assemblies helps to fortify the opening to withstand extreme wind speeds and flying debris during a tornado.
Fema 320 see drawing number ms 02 below or click link provides the details necessary to construct a safe room door using for 14 and 12 gauge steel panels.
It has successfully passed testing at the national wind institute at texas technical university and meets or exceeds the standards set by fema 320 fema 361 and icc 500.
Alternatively a home or business owner may purchase a door from a manufacturer that has been produced to meet the performance criteria set forth in fema 320 and fema 361 and install it in.
Stormpro doors and frame assemblies meet the requirements for fire protection icc 500 2014 and fema guidelines.
Sustained winds of 130 mph to 250 mph are generally associated with tornados.
Selecting refuge areas in buildings fema p 431.
Building a safe room for your home or small business fema l 233 brochure safe rooms for tornadoes and hurricanes.
Basic safe room information and construction drawings for site built safe rooms are provided in fema p 320 taking shelter from the storm.
Steel is the most prevalent door material to pass fema p 361 and icc 500.