Dallas-Fort Worth Area December 26, 2015, EF4 Tornado

www.lonestarsaferooms.com

Mike Carman817-682-7854

Chris Hooser817-682-6574

TORNADO SHELTERSAFE ROOM

Metro Safe Room Rebate Program (MSRRP) Website: www.nctsaferoom.com Email: epsaferoom@nctcog.org Phone:

817-608-2311 P.O. Box 5888, Arlington, Texas 76005-5888

Metro Safe Room Rebate Program (MSRRP) Website: www.nctsaferoom.com Email: epsaferoom@nctcog.org Phone:

817-608-2311 P.O. Box 5888, Arlington, Texas 76005-5888

NCTSRRP Fact Sheet

Program Description: The North Central Texas Safe Room Rebate Program offers north central Texas residents living or developing in one of the sixteen counties in the North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG) region an opportunity to qualify to receive half the cost of construction for an individual safe room, up to $3,000. The Safe Room Rebates are funded with FEMA supplied mitigation grants and will be managed by NCTCOG. In order to qualify, the applicant must own their home and cannot be living or developing in a local or FEMA 100 year designated floodplain (FEMA Flood Zone A) or listed in the Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA).

Therefore, as part of the program, participants must complete the Floodplain Verification Form found on the NCTSRRP website and have it signed by their jurisdiction’s contact person or their designated official. The contact information for these officials will be shared with applicants when they are accepted into the program.

Who can apply: Homeowners, developers, or installers whom are living or developing in the NCTCOG 16 County region may apply.

Eligible counties include: Collin, Dallas, Denton, Erath, Ellis, Hood, Hunt, Johnson, Kaufman, Navarro, Palo Pinto, Parker, Rockwall, Somervell, Tarrant, and Wise.

Eligible structures:

Manufactured homes (must own structure and land) Single-family homes New construction of single-family homes

Eligible Safe Rooms:

In-ground/ above ground Indoors/ outdoors

How to apply: We are not accepting applications at this time. However, the North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG) has opened an online waitlist for the program. This waitlist is open to all jurisdictions in the NCTCOG region and will not close. You can sign up for the waitlist at: https://saferoom.nctcog.org/applicant.aspx. Residents who do not have Internet access can request a paper waitlist application through their local Emergency Management Office.

Once approved, the applicant must:

Obtain a building permit (if applicable in their jurisdiction). Contract with a National Storm Shelter Association (NSSA) or American Tornado Shelter

Association (ATSA) certified supplier.

Submit all required documentation by program deadlines. Share their Taxpayer Identification Number (Social Security number) with NCTCOG for use in

internal financial processing procedures.

Testing and Certifi cation allows Lone Star Safe Rooms to be members of the American Tornado Shelter Association.

Approved and Certifi ed

Lone Star Safe Rooms have been tested, approved and

certifi ed by the National Wind Institute located at Texas

Tech University. They met and exceed debris impact

guidelines of the FEMA 320/361 and ICC-500.

Rebate Compliant

Lone Star Safe Rooms are compliant with the North

Central Texas Safe Room Rebate Program (NCTSRRP).

Please see program for Details.

Every Lone Star Safe Room is manufactured to your specifi cation. For new construction or existing home retrofi t.

Oh sure, we make standard sized units like the other safe room guys. However, we also

understand that every room, closet or garage has different dimension requirements. Lone Star

Safe Rooms will manufacture a unit to your particular width, depth and height requirement to

the inch for the same price or less than the “other guys” everyday! We will meet or beat our

competition on price plus we back that up with a written guarantee.

CLOSETS UNDERSTAIRS CLOSETS

GARAGE OR UTILITY ROOM

HOW LARGE OF A SAFE ROOM DO I NEED?

Understairs Closets

Lone Star Safe Rooms can be

designed to slope under your

stairs, turning that space into a

life saving tornado shelter / safe

room as well as a place to hang

coats and store the vacuum.

Closets

Lone Star Safe Rooms are

designed to be custom fit into

any new or existing closet. Our

bolt together design allow safe

passage through your home

allowing it to be put together

inside your closet for a custom

fit. Worried about losing your

closet space? With our custom

accessory choices, Lone Star

Safe Rooms can make your

closet ready to use just like it

was before.

Garage

Garage safe rooms are

considered the normal place to

put the safe room, but with Lone

Star Safe Rooms’ flexible custom

design, you can be assured of

safety from severe weather or

intruders. Fits in the garage,

closet or the spare room.

Freestanding Inside The Home

Lone Stare Safe Rooms can be

placed in any corner of a utility or

spare room as long as the unit is

in a windowless environment.

FEATURES

(2) GRADE 1 SCHLAGE DEADBOLTS

TOP AND BOTTOM DUAL VENTILATION

3/16” THICK STEEL WALLS AND CEILING

GRADE 5 CONNECTING BOLTS AND NUTS

(3) 1” STEEL SLIDE LOCK BOLTS

5/8” SIMPSON STRONG-TIE ANCHOR SYSTEM

DOUBLE SIDED A-36 STEEL DOOR

(4) 5/8” STEEL BARRELL HINGES

ACCESSORIESUPGRADE YOUR ROOM

STORAGE SHELVING

FOLD DOWN SEATING

BATTERY OPERATED FLOURESCENT LIGHTING

KEYLESS ENTRY PISTOL RACK

GUN RACK

HANGING ROD & SHELVING

Mike Carman 817-682-7854 | Chris Hooser 817-682-6574 | www.lonestarsaferooms.com

LONG-LASTING. SAFE. STRONG. RELIABLE.

FAQS

1

Have your safe rooms been tested?

Lone Star Safe Rooms are designed to withstand F5

tornados with winds in excess of 260 miles per hour. Our

safe rooms have been tested at the Texas Tech Wind and

Science Institute to exceed FEMA 320/361 standards as

well as ICC 500 building code requirements.

2

What keeps your safe room fromblowing away?

LLone Star Safe Rooms use a Simpson Strong-Tie

Wedge-All anchoring system to secure the safe room

during an F5 tornado. Each safe room is bolted down to

your concrete slab by drilling 5/8” x 3 ½” holes and

inserting specialty designed anchoring bolts at the

appropriate locations around the perimeter of the safe

room to ensure the safe room stays in place as the rest of

the house is the house is torn away from the slab.

3

How can I breathe?

Lone Star Safe Rooms meet and exceed FEMA

requirements regarding ventilation. With our top and

bottom door ventilation design, our doors allow safe and

secure ventilation.

4

What size of safe room should I buy?

FEMA reccomends that you take the number of people

you want to protect and multiply that number by 3 feet

for standing or 6 feet for sitting. This will give you the

square footage recommended to protect your family

and pets.

FULLY TESTEDBY TEXAS TECHNATIONAL WIND INSTITUTE

TEXAS PROUD!

TEXAS BUILT!

FULLY TESTEDBY TEXAS TECHNATIONAL WIND INSTITUTE

Mike Carman 817-682-7854 | Chris Hooser 817-682-6574 | www.lonestarsaferooms.com