Florida Building Code

[1] Many regulations and guidelines distributed are important benchmarks regarding hurricane protection.

Miami-Dade County was the first in Florida to certify hurricane-resistant standards for structures which the Florida Building Code subsequently enacted across all requirements for hurricane-resistant buildings.

[4] The Miami-Dade and Broward County norms, are both included in the High-Velocity Hurricane Zones (HVHZ) and contain more stringent requirements.

[5] Both Miami-Dade County and the State of Florida maintain web-searchable databases of products approved for use as hurricane protection.

These typically include not only actual test results from certified independent testing laboratories, they also contain "Product Approval Drawings" or "Installation Instructions" which provide specifications for hurricane shutter assembly and installation.