Free Webinar: Safe Room Guidance Updates

Free Webinar:  Safe Room Guidance Updates  

Date: Wednesday, February 18, 2026

Time: Noon – 1:00 pm CST 

Cost: Free

Speakers:  Jeffrey Ryan, RA (FEMA) and Glen Overcash, PE (AECOM/FEMA Contractor)    

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Description:

FEMA’s Building Science Division has recently completed updates of FEMA’s safe room resources including publications, FEMA P-361, Safe Rooms for Tornadoes and Hurricanes: Guidance for Community and Residential Safe Rooms (2024), and FEMA P-320, Taking Shelter from the Storm: Building a Safe Room for Your Home (2024).This session will introduce participants to significant changes in requirements for FEMA-funded safe rooms resulting from updates to both ICC 500, ICC/NSSA Standard for the Design and Construction of Storm Shelters (2023) and the FEMA Funding Criteria covered in FEMA P-361 (2024). The session will also preview the updated FEMA P-320 residential safe room design plans and latest safe room guidance included in the updated fact sheets.  

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Sponsors: This webinar is part of the 2026 Concrete Structures Webinar Series and is being sponsored by the ACI Intermountain Chapter, the Minnesota Concrete Council, the North Dakota Concrete Council, the Oklahoma Ready Mixed Concrete Association, the South Dakota Ready Mix Association, and the Wisconsin Ready Mixed Concrete Association.