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.
Weather is Also a Home Safety Issue
The United States has some of the worst weather in the world. Each years there are more than 10,000 thunderstorms, 2,500 floods, 1,000 tornadoes, and an average of six deadly hurricanes. Part of keeping your home and your family safe involves taking the proper safety measures to protect against nature's furry. What can you do to help protect your family's safety during a disaster? Start by making a plan. Decide where people will meet, who they will call, and what steps they will take in everything from a home fire to a tornado or an earthquake. Make a list of insurance policies, banking numbers and other vital information and have it held by a relative or trusted friend out of state. Have a battery-powered radio. Make children aware of what to do. Keep a supply of food and water for an emergency. Even make plans for your pets. It is not usually possible to know when or where a natural disaster will strike, so it pays to be prepared for anything.
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.
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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