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 Security Tips
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…
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…
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…
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…
Home Security Checklist for Summer Vacation
It’s summer, and that means it is time to step up security and think through your home security system. The summer months are a prime time for burglaries, because people are away from their homes more frequently. According to Aviva insurance, break-ins increase in June, July and August: 13%, 20% and 31% respectively. That is…