Back-to-School Safety Starts at Home: Is Your Family’s Safe Room Ready?

Above-ground family safe room installed inside a residential garage in Texas for quick emergency access.

Backpacks are packed, carpool schedules are set, and Dallas-Fort Worth classrooms are full again, but back-to-school season also marks the return of unpredictable Texas weather. Between homework routines and after-school activities, household emergency planning is easy to let slip. Storm systems can develop quickly once fall arrives, and a family that hasn’t reviewed its shelter […]