Home is where the heart is, as the old saying goes. It is so much more, however. It is shelter and refuge. It is where the kids grow up, where families and friends get together for holiday celebrations. It is where we go to relax. It is where the car is, where the bikes are, where the jewelry is. It is, principally, a place where we should feel, and actually be, safe.
Safety does not come with the purchase of a home, however. It must be thought about and planned for. To that end, we have compiled a list of home safety and security tips to consider. Some are simple, some more complicated, but all are important. While many are common sense, hopefully the list will get you thinking and spawn some new ideas that you can implement to make the family safer.
Install not only smoke alarms, but carbon monoxide detectors as well. If you have a complete home alarm system, check with the home security company about linking smoke and carbon monoxide detectors to the company’s central monitoring system.
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