该ANSI批准的标准规定了风暴避难所的最低设计和施工要求，这些避难所可提供安全的避难所，以防风暴产生大风、飓风和龙卷风。它包含了这些庇护所的主要抗风结构系统、组件和覆层的设计要求，并为这些庇护所提供了基本的居住者生命安全和健康要求，包括出口、照明、卫生、通风、消防安全和地板空间。

This ANSI-approved standard provides minimum design and construction requirements for storm shelters that provide a safe refuge from storms producing high winds, hurricanes, and tornadoes. It contains design requirements for the main wind-resisting structural system and components and cladding of these shelters, and provides basic occupant life safety and health requirements for these shelters including means of egress, lighting, sanitation, ventilation, fire safety, and floor space.