Most people understand that a Christmas tree can be a fire hazard, but you don’t have to forgo the pleasure that a decorated tree provides. With a few sensible precautions, your holiday season won’t be ruined by a Christmas tree fire. So, go ahead set up your tree, hang the tinsel and baubles and place…
Whether you’re looking for the Clark Griswold effect or hoping for a more sedate approach to your holiday decorating, outdoor holiday lighting safety is critical around the holidays. There’s nothing that puts a damper on the holidays quite like a house fire! To keep your home safe from the hazards of holiday lighting, make sure you follow…
It’s almost time to decorate your home for the holidays. Chances are, you will be using a ladder to deck the halls once again. Now should be a good time to review the rules and guidelines for ladder safety around the home. Ladder safety seems so simple, so obvious – but clearly there is much more to it than…
College is an exciting time in your life. You get to prepare for your desired career, meet friends, attend school functions and many other campus activities. Unfortunately, college campuses are also a place where crime occurs. According to Victimsofcrime.org,” In 2010, 92,695 crimes were reported to college and university campus police.” These crimes range from…
When the leaves of the trees start to change color, the days grow shorter and winter looms on the horizon, most people start to dread the upcoming influenza season. One of the first tips to help avoid the flu this year is to get your annual flu vaccination. An annual influenza vaccine significantly reduces your chances…
According to the National Safety Council, riding a school bus is the safest way for kids to get to school. It is fifty times safer than teens driving themselves or riding with friends, thirteen times safer than riding in a family vehicle, and ten times safer than walking to school. Yet School bus stop safety…
Halloween is coming up fast, what does that mean? Candy! Lots and lots of candy, along with hay-rides, corn mazes, pumpkin cake, caramel apples, spooky parties, and so much more. Halloween is a fun time for kids and their favorite part is usually going door-to-door begging for candy. But trick-or-treating is a scary thing for…
Do you remember Halloween as a kid? The thrill of walking up to each new house with your friends, knocking on the door and asking for candy? Running house to house in front of your parents (or without your parents) and just enjoying racing through the night in your costume and comparing candy and eating…
When it comes to keeping you and your family safe, we want to be the very best at our jobs. We have just one priority and that is helping you feel secure in your home day and night. As a company, we do our very best to make sure that you are our top priority.…
If you want to take steps toward making your home safer and more secure against theft and other crimes, you might be thinking about installing a home alarm system. In your research, you could be comparing your ‘Do It Yourself” or DIY options and the paid options that are installed by professionals. This could be…
Kids are the number one subjects of online safety lessons. There are internet settings, friendly mascots, and school assemblies all directed at children to help them understand that the World Wide Web is in fact world-wide and full of trouble and bad people as much as helpful information and good people. What we don’t focus…
Many items around the home are potential hazards for very young children. On the list is the warning to use safety electrical outlet covers. Using safety electrical outlets for tots is essential for safeguarding against nasty electric shocks and electrocution. At one point, the National Fire Protection Association safety electrical outlet covers that every year in…