There is a bomb shelter next to every bus stop in the city, giving one just 15 seconds to reach safety once the red alert is sounded, and under the law every new Israeli house has to have one. Residents of older houses are advised to hide under the stairs in the event of an air raid.
Through the efforts of the Jewish National Fund, the city has recently also built a 21,000-sq ft secure indoor reinforced playground. Hourly shuttle buses run from the middle of the town to the play centre that can house 500 to 700 children.
The bunker of a recreation centre has a small indoor soccer field, a computer room, video games, fun-house mirrors, a climbing wall, rooms for birthday celebrations and $1.5 million worth of reinforced steel.
