Fire Safety Tips to Protect Your Family and Your Community

As the school year starts, make safety a family priority from the front door to the classroom and back home. Teach bus rules: wait six feet from the curb, board only when the bus stops, and cross ten feet in front when exiting. In school zones slow down, avoid distractions, and obey bus stop arms. Follow drop off plans, watch for children around cars, limit backpack weight to 10% of body weight, reinforce playground rules, stranger safety, emergency drills, and online privacy