FireAngel is one of the leading manufacturers of home security devices in London. They are especially known for their portable carbon monoxide alarms that a person can carry around while traveling.

This June, FireAngel will be bringing out their new travel safety pack for the safety of those who are going to travel and are on vacation. The travel pack consists of a CO patch, a UV index card, ten plasters, a burn wound pad, a sterikool burn blot, two alcohol free wipes and saline solution. The adhesive patch is simple to install on a surface in the hotel room and it will detect if there is a carbon monoxide leak anywhere in the room. The patch will detect carbon monoxide for six months once opened.

• Assess your items at home. Determine how much you have and how much you’re willing to pay before he insurance guy does. This way, you can increase your deductible and have a premium savings in excess of about 30 percent.
• Install home security systems and devices. Added security to your home can reduce your insurance premium.
• Some insurance companies also give credits of 20-60% for those who have hurricane-proof improvements.
• Always ask your insurance company if the rate he/she gives is the best rate for you.
• Determine if there are any more improvements you can do to your home to get a better price for your insurance premium.

Channel 4 KRNV News brings to us more tips on preventing burglaries and break-ins this summer. The tips offered were especially recommended by the Reno Police Department to thwart and deter burglars.

From Tips to Prevent Summertime Residential Burglaries:

• For ventilation, only block windows open about 6-inches or less,and make sure someone can’t reach in from the outside and remove the blocking device, or reach through and unlock an adjacent door.
• Keeping windows secure by making sure the latch is in good condition and properly adjusted, and using a secondary blocking device, that is relatively inexpensive and can be found in hardware stores and often in the hardware sections of many grocery stores.
• Inexpensive wooden dowels and sticks can work well for horizontal sliding windows that can also be equipped with screw-type devices that lock into window channels to keep windows from being opened. Anti-lift devices such as through-the door/window frame pins are useful for horizontal windows.
• Use solid core or steel external doors rather than hollow-core doors that can easily be kicked in.
• Make sure door installations do not have gaps around the door frames that can provide leverage for removing a door from its frame.
• Avoid using decorative door installations that include glass sidelight panels that can be broken for easy access to interior locks.
• Install heavy-duty deadbolt locks with a one-inch throw bolt and heavy-duty four-screw strike plate with three-inch screws penetrating into a wooden door frame on all exterior doors as well as doors leading from your garage into your home.
• Doors leading into the home from the garage should be kept locked at all times.
• Secure sliding glass doors, that can be lifted off their tracks, with vertical security bolts, solid wood rods on the inside tracks, or similar locking devices.
• Secure pet doors that may not allow adult burglars entry, but can be used by smaller children to enter your home and give burglars or others access.
• When pulling your vehicle out of the garage, be sure to close the garage door completely, or, if using an automatic garage door opener, wait until the garage door is closed and secured before leaving.

Residents are also advised to watch out for their neighborhood and neighbors’ homes. Being watchful and observant are also great deterrents.

Homeowners are widely warned about repeatedly neglecting to close windows and doors, thus inviting opportunist thieves. Don’t think that when you’re in your house, you can just leave them open. Break-ins and thefts can occur even in that short amount of time that you open your window or door.

Residents are also being warned about distraction burglaries. Elderly people are mostly targeted for these sort of tricks. Criminals try to gain the trust of their victims by showing fake identification and then proceed to strip their victims’ homes of anything valuable.

With these kinds of distraction burglaries at hand, the authorities urge homeowners and residents to check on the identifications of anyone who calls, call the police department or company represented, and get relevant information about the caller (name, job description, car details, etc.).

Police officers continue to urge residents to be more serious and careful with their home safety as a response to the increasing number of burglaries and break-ins. They are asking the residents to check their home before getting to bed, making sure that all doors and windows are securely locked.

Items of value should also be kept out of sight and away from windows or openings. It’s also better to keep them hidden. Outside lights are also great additions in beefing up security. and if anyone hears something suspicious, they should immediately call for help.

The Redfern police from Australia shares their tips on improving home and personal security:

• Lock your balcony, doors and windows even when at home. In recent weeks break-ins have occurred on upper floors indicating thieves are not deterred by heights.
• Always lock doors and windows when you leave home, even if it’s only for a few minutes.
• Never buzz strangers into the building. If in doubt contact on-site security to deal with the person.
• Secure your garage and storage area.
• Fire exits are a risk. If you see a fire exit propped open contact on-site security.
• Keep an eye out. Community members are the best burglar alarm, so work with your neighbours to monitor activities around your homes.
• Garage tailgating is a risk, so watch for people entering the garage behind you.
• Remove all natural ladders. It makes it harder for thieves to climb to your balcony, windows or roof.

An article is out posted on Expert Articles about basic tips on home safety for your children. It’s no surprise that extra hard work and special care is needed where your children are concerned.

Excerpt from Home Safety for Your Children:

“There are many concerns when it comes to your children’s safety. But it really comes down to what you do in your home that will determine the safety of your children. There is first and foremost the cleanliness and tidiness of the house. This is particularly important because you wouldn’t want your child to just pick anything up and put it in his or her mouth. Or he/she could stumble over a toy that you’ve forgotten to put away.”

Read more at Expert Articles: Home Safety for Your Children.

With all the home surveillance gadgets, cameras, detectors, and other security devices, one would assume that a home would be securely fine. But a question recently came up: Do all these security innovations really make people safer, or do they only add to their feelings of insecurity?

People have been beefing up their security and investing in alarms and upgrades. But they seem to be focused on locking up their homes rather than interacting with their neighbors. End result is that each home becomes a stranger to the other.

While it is now fast becoming a necessity to install layered home security and do what we can for a safe and secure home, cooperating with your neighbors is also important. Forming neighborhood watches, for example, can help to avoid burglaries and break-ins by reporting any suspicious activity or asking about strangers.

Bringing back strength in community cooperation is also a way of avoiding crimes. This way, you can also take note of what goes on outside your home and have some amount of control over what could happen. Reporting a stranger lurking and watching a neighbor’s home, for example, could stop a future break-in.