Sunday, July 14, 2:00 to 3:15 p.m. MDT
Location: Interlocken C

Although safe rooms and storm shelters provide physical protection and save lives, there is potential to improve the practice of sheltering by carefully considering social factors, such as organizational leadership, emergency planning, and population characteristics. This session will open with a brief presentation on the state of engineering practice and social science research concerning sheltering in response to multiple hazards. Attendees will provide feedback related to shelter construction and ways that operations and design can work together to address human factors pertaining to sheltering.