Tips to Make Your Home a Safer Place to Live

In addition to securing your home with ADT monitored home security equipment, there are various precautions you should take to keep your home and family safe. Below are some general home safety tips for you and your family. For information, please contact us!

General Safety Tips

Store valuable in a safe or safety deposit box
Store cash, jewelry, and other valuables in a safe or safety deposit box instead of leaving them exposed in your home.

Don’t open your door to strangers
Many burglars will try to resemble a police officer or a delivery person; make them read off the address on your “package” to see if they are legitimate. It is unlikely that a burglar would know your address off-hand.

Have a family watch dog
Having a family watch dog is always a good idea, but you can never know exactly how your dog will react in an emergency. It would be wise to have an ADT-monitored home security system and a family watchdog working together to keep your home and family as safe as possible.

Do not leave extra keys under doormats
If you must leave a spare key somewhere, leave it with a friend or trustworthy neighbor.

Door & Window Safety Tips

Plant rosebushes or hedges
Plant rosebushes or hedges in front of any window that may be easily break into by an intruder.

Garage doors
Treat inside garage doors the same as an outside door, utilizing multiple locks.

Reinforce doorframes
Reinforce doorframes and place multiple locks on all outside doors.

Fire Safety Tips

Don’t leave candles or open flames
Avoid leaving candles or other open flames unattended.

Use flame retardant materials
Make sure that all roofing materials are fire resistant in the construction or renovation of your home.

Make street address visible
So that firefighters can easily find your home in the event of an emergency, make sure that your street address is visible.

Home Safety When on Vacation

Don’t leave a recorded message
Don't leave a recorded message on your home phone stating that you are out of town. Burglars could easily call your home to hear this message.

Put your TV or radio on a timer
Put your TV or radio on a timer, so that it automatically turns on and off at various times throughout the day and night.

Stop newspaper and mail delivery
Stop newspaper and mail delivery! A pile of newspapers or a bundle of mail in your box is an obvious sign that no one has been home for awhile.

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