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Awareness Alert: Flammable Liquids Burn
National Burn Awareness Week is coming up again, with the 2024 theme being “Flammable Liquids Burn.” The American Burn Association sponsors this annual campaign each year to bring awareness to what can cause these devastating injuries to aid in preventing them. Understanding these substances is important for preventing accidents and ensuring the safety of ourselves…
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Remember the Garage!
You’ve done your research, comparison shopped for a security system that includes fire and heat detection and are ready to move forward to protect your home and family. You are confident that you have planned for everything you’ll need. But did you remember the garage? Here are some tips for ways to protect your garage…
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Check Those Batteries & Other Springtime Tasks
March 12 is National Check Your Batteries Day and coincides with the “Change your Clocks, Change your Batteries” campaign. Both are inspired by the onset of Daylight Savings Time in early March and are great reminders to keep your smoke detectors running smoothly by changing out the batteries and testing and cleaning your system. Spring…
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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…
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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…
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What do I Need to Know about my Home Alarm?
The intrusion and fire alarm equipment at your home may feel like “set it and forget it.” But do you really understand everything you need to about your home alarm? Especially with new advances in technology, it is as important as ever to know the ins and outs of your home alarm. You will want…
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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…
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Have you Cleaned your Smoke Detectors?
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…
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It’s that Time Again! Clean your Smoke Detectors!
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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Beware of these Holiday Fire Hazards
There’s no faster way to ruin the holidays than by accidentally sparking a house fire. From deep fryers to tree lights and faulty smoke detectors, these are just a few of the many holiday fire hazards that homeowners should address. Test Your Smoke Detectors When was the last time that you tested the smoke detectors…