Burn Awareness Week

Hot Tip! National Burn Awareness Week Is Coming Up!

“Hot Liquids Burn Like Fire!” is the 2023 theme for National Burn Awareness Week. The American Burn Association, dedicated to burn prevention and awareness in the United States, sponsors this campaign the first full week of February with a different theme each year. They strive to bring awareness to what can cause these devastating injuries...

home office safety

Home Office Safety & Security Week

The number of people working from home tripled between 2019 and 2021 to over 27 million, making home office safety a necessary subject for companies and employees alike. Because it’s such an important topic, the first full week of January each year has been named Home Office Safety & Security Week to bring awareness to...

Winter Fire Risks

Winter Fire Risks

Winter in Texas can mean having temperatures in the teens one day and in the seventies the next. When it warms up and the AC is needed, we may forget about the winter fire risks that using a heater or fireplace can bring. With this in mind, here are some safety tips to use, not...

Stay Safe on New Year's Eve

Stay Safe on New Year’s Eve!

New Year’s Eve parties are a fun way to wrap up the holiday season and ring in the new year. The various ways we celebrate can create safety issues, so keep in mind the following tips to stay safe on New Year’s Eve. Fireworks Safety Playing with fire can create dangerous situations. Always keep in mind...

stay safe this winter

Stay Safe This Winter!

Winter means holidays and good times, but also brings a whole set of cold-weather hazards and safety issues. Stay safe this winter by taking a few commonsense precautions for your health and your home. Reduce the Chance of Slips and Falls Though not common occurrences in our part of the country, ice and snow can...

Thanksgiving Tips

Don’t Get Burned By that Bird, and Other Thanksgiving Safety Tips

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...

What's Your Fire Prevention Plan

What’s Your Fire Prevention Plan?

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

National Preparedness Month

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,...

Insurance perks for home alarms

Insurance Perks for your Alarm System

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

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...

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