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Storm Shelter Registry

After a tornado, debris can cover a shelter door. Register your shelter, and responders will know it is there and where to look. It is free, and only emergency responders can see it.
Register your shelterWho can see it

How it works

  1. Step 1: Register online

    Tell us your address, the type of shelter, and exactly where it sits on the property.

  2. Step 2: SPAG GIS verifies the location

    Your shelter is checked and added to the map used by 911, fire, EMS, and law enforcement.

  3. Step 3: Responders can see it after a storm

    Crews working your address can see that a shelter is registered and where to look, even if the building above it is gone.

Register your storm shelter

Give as much detail as you can, especially the shelter’s exact location on the property.

Already registered? To update or remove a registration, call (806) 762-8721 or contact SPAG GIS and mention your registration reference number.

Before you start, have ready

  • The shelter’s address, including the city and ZIP.
  • The type of shelter: in-ground, an above-ground safe room, a basement, built into a garage, or a shared shelter.
  • A phone number where responders can reach you.
  • How to find and open it, if that is not obvious: “buried 20 ft behind the garage”, a gate code, which way the door opens.
  • At the shelter now? Your phone can capture its exact location with one tap. Coordinates help crews find a buried shelter when landmarks are gone.
Start registration

Takes about three minutes, and you don’t need an account.

A man opens the steel door of an in-ground storm shelter beside his house

What happens to your information

Who can see it
Only authorized public safety personnel. It is never published or shared with the public.
How it is handled
Texas law keeps certain 911 and emergency records confidential, and we apply those protections to the registry. See the privacy policy.
Changing or removing it
Call (806) 762-8721 or use the contact form and mention your registration reference number.

Share the registry

Print the flyer for a church, a VFD, or a neighborhood meeting. Download the program flyer (PNG)

Thinking about installing a shelter?

SPAG’s safe room rebate can pay back half the cost of a new residential safe room, up to $3,000. Apply before you buy. Applications for this cycle are accepted through December 31, 2026.

See how the rebate works