FEMA offers a 25-page illustrated publication, Taking Shelter From the Storm: Building a Safe Room Inside Your House. The booklet outlines the basics of safe room design, including construction plans, materials, and construction cost estimates. Plans for safe rooms built using reinforced concrete masonry, conventionally cast reinforced concrete, and insulating concrete forms are also included.

The booklet is available at no charge by calling toll free 800.480.2520, or online at www.fema.gov/fima/tsfs01.shtm