The best place to store your money and valuables is in the bank. But for those items that you want to keep in your house, there are some hiding places that even seasoned burglars won’t look in. Keep in mind that when a thief breaks into your house, he has two goals: (1) get money…
Category Archives: Home Safety
Fireplace and Wood Stove Safety
Many people are choosing to heat their homes with wood, due to the increase in cost of natural gas and oil. In fact, more than one-third of Americans use fireplaces, wood stoves and other fuel-fired sources of heat in their homes. Unfortunately, as the popularity of using wood as fuel increases, so will fires resulting…
Home Fire Safety
Use these tips to keep yourself and your family safe in the event of a fire: Plan and practice two escape routes out of the building. Plan two ways to get out of every room. Discuss the plan with your family. Practice escapes at night. That’s when most deadly fires occur. Designate an outside…
Eleven Simple Tips to Keep Your Home Safe
Your home is a lure for burglars. Whether during the holidays, when you are out of the house more, or just during daily life and all the busyness and distractions that it brings, thieves want to get into your home. Unfortunately many homeowners don’t realize how easy it may be to outsmart most burglars. Burglars…
What if the Power Goes Out?
It’s happened to all of us. We’re in the middle of working on a project or cooking a meal or rushing to get out the door to an appointment—and the power goes out. Generally we stand breathless for a few seconds, hoping that it is just a glitch and will be over quickly. And sometimes…
Tips for Staying Safe as a Senior Citizen
When it comes to staying safe, senior citizens have special concerns. Although research has shown that the risk of being a victim of a physical assault crime decreases as you age, the risk of other kinds of crime continues and even intensifies. The Risk Senior citizens are just as likely as the rest of the…
Are You at Risk of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning?
Many people seldom think of carbon monoxide poisoning, but that changed one horrifying night for Cheryl Burt. Two of her three children died from carbon monoxide poisoning in their home, while she stood by too sick herself to realize what was happening. The heartbreaking irony? Cheryl had considered buying a carbon monoxide detector just weeks…
Fire Safety for Home Security
According to the Center for Disease Control, someone dies from a house fire approximately every 175 minutes in the U.S. In fact, fires are the third leading cause of accidental deaths in the home. But are these deaths, though accidents, inevitable? Can they be prevented? Absolutely. Home security is not just about keeping burglars out….
Mobile App-eal!
With the tap of a finger Honeywell’s Total Connect apps let you control your security system, receive text messages and e-mail alerts—even view live video, event-driven video clips and pictures on your iPhone®, iPad®, iPod touch®, BlackBerry® or Android™ devices.* What could be more appealing than that? BlackBerry and Android Total Connect 2.0 Apps coming…