Resources for Better Home Safety
How Safe Is Your Home?
Learn how you can make your home safer from intruders without it costing you an arm and a leg. Security articles include: Tips for Keeping Your Home Safe While You're Away, Making Apartments More Secure, Stop Burglars And So Much More, a Security Glossary, and Catalog Your Possessions to Protect Your Investment. But there are a lot more articles on this helpful site dealing with all aspects of home safety, not just breaking and entering. There are articles dealing with the unique safety needs of seniors. Click on Features and you'll find articles dealing with such diverse home safety topics as Hazards In Your Home plus two different checklists for making your home fire safe. There are articles on keeping kids safe, and special protection measures that need to be taken during holidays. If your home and your family are important to you, then this site is one you'll want to read and reread.
A Home Safety Checklist for Seniors
Every year almost three quarters of a million seniors are treated for falls in the home. A fall for a senior can lead to tragic results. It is estimated that at least half of all falls in the home could be prevented by following the tips in this checklist. The checklist includes almost a dozen specific tips on how to make stairs safer for seniors, more than half a dozen suggestions for making your bathroom more fall-proof, almost half a dozen tips for making the bedroom safer, more than half a dozen safety suggestions for the living room, and half a dozen safety tips for the kitchen. For a senior a fall can mean the permanent loss of mobility, which results in a loss of self-esteem and self image. Don't let a senior's life be ruined needlessly. The tips and suggestions in this checklist could, literally, save a life.
Flammable Storage Guide a Handy Source of Information
Find out about the flash freezing point for various substances by checking out this handy guide. You will also learn about limits for storing them, including what volume may be stored in a flammable storage cabinet.
Home and Fire Safety
Site includes links to articles about home safety and fire safety including, how to install a door chain lock, how to prevent burglary, do it yourself home security, choosing a deadbolt lock, home safety devices, neighborhood watches and other home security tips. Fire safety section includes candle safety, fire safety tips, fire prevention plans, avoiding chimney fires, wild fire safety in the home, smoke detectors and fire proofing your home. The environmental safety section includes information about avoidable carbon monoxide poisoning, living safely with lead paint hazards, water well pumping test and lead poisoning information.
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