TESTED COMPONENTS
National Wind Institute (NWI)
Texas Tech University
The National Wind Institute (NWI) at Texas Tech University performs debris impact tests on storm
shelters, shelter components, and building materials to evaluate their ability to resist various types of
projectiles propelled at different speeds in accordance to accepted and proposed test protocols as
follows:
Protocols for Debris Impact Testing2
Protocol 1
Protocol 2
Protocol 3
Protocol 4
Protocol 5
Hurricane envelope impact by a 9 lb. wood 2”x4” propelled at 34
mph. In accordance to the Florida Building Code, the International
Code Council, and the Texas Dept. of Insurance Windstorm Resistant
Construction.
Hurricane Shelter Speed impact by a 9 lb. wood 2”x4” propelled at
0.40 x the design wind speed (mph) for horizontal impacts and 0.10
x the design wind speed (mph) for vertical impacts, in accordance to
the proposed ICC 5001 – ICC/NSSA Standard for the Design and
Construction of Storm Shelters.
Hurricane Shelter Speed impact by a 9 lb. wood 2”x4” propelled at
0.50 x the design wind speed (mph) for horizontal impacts and 0.33
x design wind speed (mph) for vertical impacts, in accordance with
FEMA 320, “Taking Shelter from the Storm,” 2008 edition and FEMA
361 “Design and Construction Guidance for Community Saferooms,”
2008 edition.
Tornado shelter speed impact by a 15 lb. wood 2”x4” propelled at
100 mph for horizontal impacts and 67 mph for vertical impacts, in
accordance with FEMA 320, “Taking Shelter from the Storm,” 2008
edition, and FEMA 361, “Design and Construction Guidance for
Community Saferooms,” 2008 edition.
Department of Energy (DOE) impact standards.
1
– The ICC 500 – ICC/NSSA Standard for the Design and Construction of Storm Shelters is scheduled for inclusion in
the 2009 editions of the International Residential Code and the International Business Code. This is a Life Safety
Standard which will use an Extreme Wind Map for Hurricanes with wind speeds starting at 225 mph and with
contours along the Atlantic and Gulf Coast stepping inland in 10mph increments to 160 mph.
2
– All impact tests are consistent with the Debris Impact Requirement of ICC-500.
Note: Listing does not imply product endorsement or warranty by TTU, FEMA or NSSA. Unless otherwise noted,
the following listings have been tested to Protocol 4, the Tornado Standard Protocol.
Rev: 06-08-2015 Components
Company
3B Construction
Monty Riffer
2320 Jefferson St.
Anderson, IN 46016
Ph: (603) 759-9899
Product Tested
Date Tested: 07/14
CMU Block Panel
3M Storm Shelters
Greg Smith
P. O. Box 161652
Fort Worth, TX 76161
Ph: (817) 475-2286
Date Tested: 03/14
Unfinished In-garage floor shelter door
A & A Sheet Metal Products/Securall Steel
Doors
Randall Veatch
5122 N. State Road 39
LaPorte, IN 46350-8782
Ph: (1-888) 326-7890
Date Tested: 05/12
Wall assembly and doors (both in-swinging
and out-swinging)
A-1 Storm Shelters
Brian Cunningham
599 Halls Place
West Blacton, AL 35184
Tel: (205) 938-5159
Date Tested: 06/12
Above ground concrete shelter panel with
door
Adjust-A-Frame
Keith Heaberlin
4101 Greenwood Road
Shreveport, LA 71109
Ph: (318) 635-0514
Date Tested: 07/14
Wind Resistant Manufactured Housing Skirting Frame
System
Ambiente Housing Midwest
Mike Klumb
21800 Doral Road
Waukesha, WI 53186
Ph: (262) 798-8150
Date Tested: 02/08
Hurricane panels, Protocol 2, 225 mph
hurricane
American Business Continuity Domes, Inc.
Maria Hahn
3063 Outlet Center Drive
Sealy, TX 77474
Ph: (979) 885-1919
Date Tested: 11/12
Insulating concrete foam (ICF) wall system with tornado
resistant glaze
Date Tested: 11/12
Concrete dome – flat panel representation
American Matrix Technologies
James Wiese
Technology Innovation Center
Iowa City, Iowa 52242
Date Tested: 09/99
Ceramic/glass panel
Rev: 06-08-2015 Components
Ph: (319) 620-7469
APA (formerly American Plywood Association)
PO Box 11700
7011 South 19th Street West
Tacoma, WA 98411
Ph: (253) 565-6600
Date Tested: 11/00
Laminated wood panel
Arch Technology Corporation
Victor Lee
11024 Rippberger Road
Plato Center, IL 60170
Ph: (840) 464-5656
Date Tested: 04/00
Shelter wall panel
Arizona State University
Dr. Thomas Attard
School of Sustainable Engineering and the Build
Environment
P. O. Box 870205
Tempe, AZ 85287-0204
Ph: (480) 965-5623
Date Tested: 10/12
Carbonflex tornado panels
Bautex Systems, LLC
Duane Holloway
5602 Central Texas Drive
San Marcos, TX 78602
(512) 637-1200
Date Tested: 07/14
Bautex Block Panel
Bleeding Edge
George Sturmon
101 Industrial Park Drive
Sullivan, MO 63080
Ph: (314) 422-0613
Date Tested: 01/14
Transparent Armor Window
Bob D. Campbell & Co., Inc.
Lee S. Johnson
4338 Belleview Ave.
Kansas City, MO 64111
Ph: (913) 706-0215
Date Tested: 12/14
Grating System
Builders’ First Source
Richard Woodward
6550 Roosevelt Blvd.
Jacksonville, FL 32244
Ph: (904) 813-2326
Date Tested: 04/08 and 01/09
Layered plywood and steel shelter panel
Date Tested: 04/10
Layered OSB shelter panel 170 mph hurricane,
Protocol 2
Date Tested: 07/11
Series 1 – Series 3- 170 mph Hurricane shelter
wall assemblies
(Tested under Domes Int.)
Rev: 06-08-2015 Components
Burr Computer Environment, Inc.
Tim Frank
10400 Rogers Road
Houston, TX 77070
Ph: (281) 374-8644
Date Tested: 01/05; 02/08
Corner Grating – outdoor machinery
Enclosure Grating - material
Composite Building Systems, Inc. (orig.
ABC Domes International)
Dean Deaton
#5 Murphy Street
Tishomingo, MS 38873
Ph: (662) 438-7186
Date Tested: 05/06
Fiberglass dome panels, Hurricane Protocols 1
and 2
CEM Wall
Joe McClure
1516 20th Street South
Birmingham, AL 35250
Ph: (905) 438 0084
Date Tested: 10/11
Tornado Panels
Dean Steel
Claus Heide
111 Merchant
San Antonio, TX 78204
Ph: (210) 226-8271
Date Tested: 06/06
High pressure tests on blast resistant windows
(ICC-500 pressures)
Date Tested: 05/07
High pressure tests on blast resistant windows
(ICC-500 pressures)
Date Tested: 05/02
Precast concrete shelter wall panel
Dukane Precast
Brian Bock
1805 High Grove Lane
Naperville, IL 60540
Ph: (630) 355-8118
Empresas Hopsa
August Simons
Via Transistmica and Calle 64 Oeste
Urbanizacion Industrial Los Angeles
Panama City, Republica Panama
Ph: (001-507) 279-9854
Date Tested: 01/05
EMMEDUE M-2 insulated concrete panels
Protocols 1, 2, and 4
Evaptech Inc.
Mr. John Ahern
8331 Nieman Road
Lenexa, KS 66214
Ph: (913) 209-4543
Date Tested: 05/2015
Metal fan guard. 1/4-in. pencil rods with (3)- 3/4-in. x 3/8in. support bars
FiberWeb
Imad Qashou
70 Old Hickory Blvd.
Old Hickory, TN 37138
Ph: (615) 847-7574
Date Tested: 07/06, 09/06, 09/07
Hurricane envelope Protocol house wrap
Future Steel
Date Tested: 03/12
Rev: 06-08-2015 Components
Lorenzo Turi
73 Ward Road
Brampton, Ontario
Canada L6S 6A8
Trapezoidal Panels for above-ground shelters
GCC of America
Hank Hearon
4253 Montgomery Blvd. NE Suite 210
Albuquerque, NM 87109
Ph: (800) 234-2266
Date Tested: 03/05
Insulated concrete panels Protocol 1, 2, 3 and 4
Date Tested: 03/07
Insulated concrete panels Protocols 1 and 1
GE Advanced Materials
Polymershapes Insulgard
1291 Rickett Road
Brighton, MI 48116
Date Tested: 10/04
TorGard Bal 40 glazing in HP/600T frame
8’x7’ – ICC-500 pressures
G&M Tank Co., Inc.
Jeff McMahan
P. O. Box 333
Purcell, OK 73080
Ph: (405) 527-5342
Date Tested: 12/12
Below ground shelter doors and frame
GrafTech International
Mark Segger
12900 Snow Road
Parma, OH 44130
Ph: (216) 676-2547
Date Tested: 07/07
FEMA impact resistant composite panel
GrafTech International
Mark Segger
12900 Snow Road
Parma, OH 44130
Ph: (216) 676-2547
Hardwire LLC
John Hammond
1000 Quinn Avenue
Pocomoke City, MD 21851
Ph: (410) 957-3660
Date Tested: 07/07
FEMA impact resistant composite panel
HI Tech TILT
Rick Bush
PO Box 21415
Keizer, OR 97307-1415
Ph: (503) 390-0487
(503) 399-0964
Cell: (503) 569-9636
Date Tested: 08/11
Concrete panel with steel stud backup
Holz.ban forschungs gnbh
Thomas Bogensperger
Inffeldgasse 24/1
8010 Graz, Austria
Date Tested: 09/08
Laminated timber panels Protocol 4 resistant
Rev: 06-08-2015 Components
Date Tested: 09/05
FEMA impact resistant composite panel
Ph: (+43 316) 873-4608
Hunter Buildings and Manufacturing, LP
Joey Dawson
14935 Jacinto Port Blvd.
Houston, TX 77015
Tel: (281) 452-9800
Date Tested: 11/13
Steel shelter wall panel
IMSI
Dr. Rudolph Strobel
7305 Thompson Road
Cincinnati, OH 45247
Ph: (770) 518-9414
Date Tested: 09/02
Shelter wall panel composed of 3 wall, 5 cell insulated 8”
concrete block w #4 rebars at 2’ in center
International Masonry Institute
Ms. Diane Throop
27 Worthington Court
Simpsonville, SC 29681
Date Tested: 06/14
Utility Brick Veneer Wall
Modular Brick Veneer Wall
Lee Cor Systems
Steven Medlin
One Courthouse Square, Suite 4
New Madrid, MO 63869
Ph: (573) 748-0204
Fax: (573) 748-8910
Date Tested: 08/11
Wall Panels
Lite Tech Wall Systems
Scott Deans
610 Hermits Trail
Altamonte Springs, FL 32701
Ph: (800) 482-5402
Date Tested: 12/08
Various panels resistant to hurricane impacts for
envelope and shelters
LP Building Products
Alan Jumper
414 Union Street
Nashville, TN 37219
Ph: (919) 363-6400
Date Tested: 10/09 – 11/14
Shelter wall panel using LP LSL logs in HabiFrame System
Panel Hail Testing
Mason Greenstar
Zach Rabon
PO Box 1420
Mason, TX 76856
Ph: (512) 698-9879
Date Tested: 03/09
Cellulose and Portland cement block system Resistant to
hurricane impacts for building envelopes and shelters
Maccaferri Inc.
Mr. Ghislain Brunet
Rockfall Business Unit Manager for North America
10303 Governor Lane Boulevard
Williamsport, MD 21795
Ph: (301) 223-6910
Date Tested: 04/15 & 05/15
Rev: 06-08-2015 Components
Series 1 DOE, Debris Impact Barrier. 3000 kilojoule
resistance ring net with 3.4 mm type 8-ft. x 10-ft.
wire mesh.
Series 2 DOE, Debris Impact Barrier. 3000 kilojoule
resistance ring net with 3.4 mm type 8-ft. x 10-ft.
wire mesh.
Series 3 DOE, Debris Impact Barrier. 3000 kilojoule
resistance ring net with 3.0 mm type 8-ft. x 10-ft.
wire mesh.
Series 1 DOE, Debris Impact Barrier. 3000 kilojoule
resistance ring net with 2.7 mm type 8-ft. x 10-ft.
wire mesh.
Medford Enterprises, Inc.
Dutch Medford
2877 Aukul Street
St. Lihue, HI 96766-2084
Tel: 1-800-232-1052
Date Tested: 01/12
Series 1-3 Wall panels
Modular Engineering
Sam Ramsey
180 Airpark Drive
Wilsonville, AL 35186
Ph: (205) 921-9966
Date Tested: 06/01
FEMA 361 wall and roof steel panels
Nusafe Storm Shelter Panel System
Country J. Hansen
525 South Locust
Denton, TX 76201
Ph: (940) 891-3069
Date Tested: 07/05
Panelized system using metal studs for above ground
shelter
Precision Mine Repair
James Hise
705 West Main
Ridgway, IL 62979
Ph: (618) 272-7220
Date Tested: 07/09
Protocol 4 wall impact
Protective Structures, LTD
George Smith
9780 Lake Forest Way
Roswell, GA 30076
Ph: (770) 518-9414
Date Tested: 11/03
Composite wall panel system
RediWall
Tex-Rite Building Systems
Erwin Ritter
6103 Shadowcrest
Houston, TX 77074
Ph: (713) 776-3457
Date Tested: 11/03
Precase concrete and steel stuf panel, Protocol 1
Remagen Corporation
James E. Waller, P.E.
707 North Bluff Circle
Date Tested: 10/09
FEMA 361 wall vent panel
Date Tested: 11/12
Rev: 06-08-2015 Components
Monteagle, TN 37356
Ph: (931) 692-3961
Above ground shelter panels FEMA 320/361 and ICC 500
Rickborne’s Marine Solution
Chris Rickborne
2425 Bancroft Blvd.
Orlando, FL
Date Tested: 08/09
FEMA 32- shelter wall assembly
Resicon International
Win Courtney
1205 Cottonwood
Brownsville, TX 78520
Date Tested: 06/01
Resin concrete shelter panel
Royal Building Systems, LTD
John Todd
1 Royal Gate Boulevard
Woodbridge, Ontario, Canada L4L8Z7
Ph: (972) 342-9080
Date Tested: 06/01
Shelter wall panel system
SafePorch Storm Shelter
Mark Pile
P. O. Box 40
Lowell, AR 72745
Tel: (479) 659-8830
Date Tested: 09/13
Venting cover
Vent cover
Safe Shelter Systems. LLC
Andy Youngquist
1431 E. Saint Andrew Place
Santa Ana, CA 92706
Ph: (949) 862-5616 x110
Date Tested: 01/14
Steel panel, no backing
Steel panel with backing
Steel corrugated panel, no backing
Schnell House S.A.
Pierluigi Pettarini
Srada Borrana 33 – Zona Ind. Ciarulla
47899 Serravalle – Rep. San Marino
Ph: (+378) 0549 960424
Date Tested: 08/09
ICC-500/FEMA 361 hurricane panel
Simpson Strong Tie Shelter
Randy Shackelford
2221 Country Lane
McKinney, TX 75069
Ph: (972) 439-3029
Date Tested: 03/2014
Above-ground panel shelter
StormBlocker Composite Panels
Mark Latham
1155 West Wall Street #102
Grapevine, TX 76051
Ph: (817) 329-6191
Date Tested: 07/01
Composite wall system on FEMA 320 stud walls
Date Tested: 09/04
Protocol 2, 160 mph hurricane
Date Tested: 02/05
Protocol 3 with StormBlocker mount on interior of FEMA
320 stud wall system
Rev: 06-08-2015 Components
Stormtech Systems
George Lafferty
4801 Neosho
Roeland Park, KS 66205
Ph: (913) 558-0097
Date Tested: 03/10
Steel window shutter system, Protocol 4
Supercell Shelters
Carlton Guyse
1021 Brooks Street SE
Decatur, AL 35601
Ph: (256) 340-1620
Date Tested: 02/14
Above-ground community shelter end panel
Tornado Tech, LLC
1212 West Liberty
Ponca City, OK 74601
Date Tested: 01/11
Above Ground Single Sheet Steel Shelter panel
Tri-Point Building Products, Inc.
2025 Webster
Waco, TX 76706
Ph: (214) 315-9381
Date Tested: 06/0
Aerated concrete panels
Vantem Composite Technologies
David Densford
710 FM 306
New Braunfels, TX 78130
Tel: (830) 632-1500
Date Tested: 04/12
Series 1-Series 8 Hurricane panels
Valley Storm Shelters, LLC
31310 US Hwy. 72
Hollywood, AL 35752
Tel: (256) 652-6818
Date Tested: 08/11
Wall Panel for 5’x8’x6’ tall x ¼’’ plate steel shelter
Date Tested: 02/13
Above ground steel plate shelter door panel and window
panel
Vaughn Concrete Products, Inc.
Mike Vaughn
10021 Amarillo Blvd., East
Amarillo, TX 79108
Tel: 877-827-8255
Date Tested: 06/12
5 concrete wall construction panels
Volkert, Inc.
Jonathan D. Grammer
2 20th Street North Suite 300
Birmingham, AL 35203
Tel: (205) 214-5500
Date tested: 01/12
Grating for above-ground shelter
Waco Composites
Wayne Hampton
481-A Texas Central Parkway
Waco, TX 76702
Date Tested: 06/99
Composite wall panel
Waco Composites
Date Tested: 06/99
Rev: 06-08-2015 Components
Wayne Hampton
481-A Texas Central Parkway
Waco, TX 76702
Ph: (254) 776-8880
Composite wall panel
Westcrete Building Systems
Shane Gaddes
2006 Bonner Place
Spring Hill, TN 37174
Ph: (415) 943-7124
Cell: (415) 243-5199
Date Tested: 08/11
Series 1 & Series 2 Tornado Panels
Western States Clay Products Assoc.
Jeff Elder
9780 S. 5200 W.
West Jordan, UT 84081
Tel: (801) 280-5200
Date Tested: 04/12
Series 1 - Series 3 Tornado brick products (panels)
Word and Boggus Contracting, Inc.
Larry Boggus
PO Box 278
Guntersville, AL 35976
Ph: (800) 239-5201
Date Tested:
Rev: 06-08-2015 Components