According to SPS, the primary function of the tornado safe rooms is to provide protection for students and staff during ...

Last September, the city of Smiths Station broke ground on its first-ever storm shelter. For Residents: Residents can find the storm shelter located right behind City Hall on ...

Recent natural disasters highlight the need for tornado shelters inside, or close to, homes in tornado-prone areas. A safe room ... fallen debris blocks the outside. • The room should be ...

Recipients are selected by a random drawing and can receive up to a $3,000 rebate for their storm shelter or safe room.

The CDC advises people seek shelter in a basement or any windowless room on the lowest floor — including bathrooms, closets or center ... her safe place during a Tornado Warning is in the ...

AND YOU SHOULD PROBABLY LEAVE MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDIER SHELTER ... shopping center or high-rise building: Go to a pre-designated area such as a safe room, basement, storm cellar or the lowest ...

Not all areas have public safe rooms ... at both of its public storm shelters. The one at the local police department and the one at the Jacksonville Senior Center open when Pulaski County ...

Any safe room work done before the official notification is not eligible for reimbursement. Registering your storm shelter with local authorities can be lifesaving. In the aftermath of a tornado ...

and FEMA 361 (Design and Construction Criteria for Community Safe Rooms), as well as ICC 500 (Standards for the Design and Construction of Storm Shelters). The IDHS Residential Safe Room Program ...

If you have a designated tornado shelter or safe room, that’s the ideal place to go. It's always a good idea to have an emergency kit ready to go. In case of severe weather, you may be stuck in ...

is offering Mississippi residents reimbursement for installing a properly designed safe room or storm shelter on their property. MEMA’s Residential Safe Room Grant Program will be offered to ...

For many, the answer is a storm shelter or safe room. If you don't have one of those, the safest place to be is the most interior room of the home away from any windows. But the application period ...