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ABOUT FLORIDA
BUILDING CODE
& MIAMI-DADE VOLUNTARY PRODUCT APPROVAL:
Both the Florida Building Code &
Miami Dade Product Approval Systems are
Voluntary.
Read Questions 6 & 7 on the Florida Building Code’s FAQ
page shown in this link about the
VOLUNTARY FBC Product Approval Process. There is
no Florida State Law nor Federal Law
requiring hurricane protection products purchased by
homeowners to be either Florida Building Code or
Miami-Dade approved. In an August 8, 2008 article in the
Naples, Florida Daily News, Florida Building
Commission’s Management Analyst Azhar Khan said:
“Lack of Florida Building Code Approval doesn’t
necessarily imply anything negative about the product.
Approval is optional, you don’t have to have it in order
for your product to be good,” Khan said. “The quality of
the product always depends on the manufacturer, but you
can’t really make a house ‘hurricane proof’ without
making it a lead bunker.”
You can read the complete article here:
Naples News Article
Due to the Florida Building Code & Miami-Dade
N.O.A. requirements that “approved” hurricane shutters must be bolted
onto the structure, Storm Stoppers® are neither Florida
Building Code nor Miami-Dade approved. Bolted-on hurricane shutters
present a tremendous safety hazard. Since 2004, almost a dozen
homeowners have died in fires, when they couldn’t go escape through the
windows. You can read these “Hurricane Shutter Tragedies”
here.
STORM STOPPERS® GIVES YOU A SAFE EXIT FROM
EVERY PROTECTED OPENING:
With Storm Stoppers®, EVERY protected door and
window is an exit. Just open the window, push hard against the Storm
Stoppers® panel and you are free! We are the only
Hurricane Protection company in existence to offer a Safe, Simple &
Self-Installed alternative to bolted-on plywood and hurricane shutters.
In addition to being Large Missile Lab Impact Tested in an ICC-IAS
accredited testing facility, Storm Stoppers® have protected hundreds of
customers homes during the following Major Hurricanes:
Hurricane Wilma in 2005 (Category 3 at landfall)
Hurricane Gustav in 2008 (Category 3 at landfall)
Hurricane Ike in 2008 (Category 2 at landfall)
You can read the Testimonials from customers who used Storm Stoppers®
during these hurricanes by clicking here. |
