The holidays can present some unique kitchen safety issues, from novices trying to fry a huge turkey to twenty extra people gathering in your house. Residential fires are more than twice as likely to happen on Thanksgiving Day than any other day of the year. Here are a few Thanksgiving safety tips so you don’t...
October 9-15 is National Fire Prevention Week, which begs the question “What’s Your Fire Prevention Plan?” As a security system and fire alarm company, we have written about escape planning and other fire safety tips in the past. Reminding folks to make a plan and test that plan for escaping a fire in their home...
September is National Preparedness month in the US, which was created almost twenty years ago to raise awareness of the need to prepare for natural and other disasters and emergencies. There are now hundreds of national, regional and local governments, as well as private and public health institutions that support emergency preparedness efforts, including FEMA,...
Did you know that most insurance companies offer a discount on your homeowners policy for a monitored alarm? In addition, if you have security alarm coverage for your entire home and your smoke detectors are tied in to this alarm system, you can often get an even bigger discount from your insurer. Depending on the carrier,...
Preventing false alarms on an intrusion or fire system is a key priority for dispatching agencies. Estimates indicate that over 90% of all alarm calls to police are actually false alarms. As a result, police are applying resources to situations unnecessarily and their response times on real alarms are often slower due to the “boy...
Safe Smoke Detectors With the onset of springtime, you have probably pared down your closet and packed away the winter coats. But be sure you have thought about safety too – have you cleaned your snoke detectors? Those smoke detectors are one of those things that are easy to forget about since you never use...
Holiday lights, fried turkeys and dried out Christmas trees can accidentally spark a house fire. No one wants to bring down this time of joy with a fire. Be aware of these holiday fire hazards as you celebrate this yer! Test Your Smoke Detectors When was the last time that you tested the smoke detectors...
October 6 -12 is the National Fire Protection Association’s Fire Prevention Week. This week is a good time to test, clean and change the batteries on your smoke detectors and practice your family’s Emergency Escape Plan. If you don’t have an Emergency Escape Plan, now is a good time to put one in place. What...
Costumes have been ordered and the house is decorated. Empty storefronts have been temporarily converted to Halloween stores and bulk candy fills the shelves of every store. It is that time again – Halloween! With so much fun to be had with parties and trick or treating, also keep in mind these Halloween safety tips....
Safe Smoke Detectors Smoke detectors are one of those things that are easy to forget about since you never use them until there’s an emergency. But did you know that smoke detectors have a lifespan of about 10 years? After that, they should be replaced. This lifespan is even shorter if you haven’t been doing...
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