Home Safety Tips

• Have good outside lighting (front, rear, and sides).
• Keep shrubs trimmed away from house.
• Outside doors should be solid wood or metal.
• Have good deadbolt locks on all outside doors.
• Have a peep hole on doors especially front doors.
• Anything that secures and or reinforces glass doors and windows.
• Don’t hide keys outside.
• Have smoke alarms and fire extinguishers in several areas of the house.
• Have escape ladders for all second floor rooms.
• An alarm system or watchdog will help deter criminals.
• Secure outside fuse boxes, utility switches and valves.
• Have a safe room with a solid door and lock, phone and radio (rooms without windows such as bathrooms are best).
• Keep emergency numbers posted by the phone, and program into speed dial, not necessary for 911.

When Away From Home for More Than a Day

• Use timers for lights, TV’s, and radio.
• Stop delivery of mail, newspapers, etc.
• Tell a trusted neighbor or the police that you will be away.
• Don’t leave notes on the door.