Child Safety Sensor
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007NASA’s Child Safety Alert System for automobiles.
Archive for August, 2007
How to Make Your Home’s Entrance Safer
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007
Murray Anderson introduced these steps to make your home’s entrance safe to make it much tougher for burglars to get in:
- Start with your locks. Make sure you have a deadbolt lock in your door. If you still have the locks the builder installed, you probably don’t have a deadbolt lock. If you’re not the first owner
it’s also a good idea to change out any locks the previous owner used (you don’t know where a key may have ended up).
- Installing a deadbolt lock is relatively straightforward. Deadbolt lock kits(including installation instructions)are available at your home store, or a locksmith can install one in less than an hour.
- Check out the strike plate in your doorframe. Most are just a couple of inches in length and held in place with two 1 inch screws. Replace the old strike plate with a new plate 10 or 12 inches long (available at your home store). The longer plate will be much more difficult for someone to just kick out.
- Install the longer strike plate with 3- or 4-inch screws (not just little 1-inch screws). Now the lock side of your door is secured with a deadbolt lock going into a longer, stronger strike plate that is secured with 6 to 8 screws, long enough to attach directly to the solid framing lumber of the door frame (not just to the door casing).
- Replace the existing screws in the door hinges with the same 3- to 4-inch screws. This will secure the hinged side of the door to the actual 2 x 4 or 2 x 6 framing as well.
- Install a motion sensing light fixture that covers your entrance and be sure your outside light fixtures have working bulbs.
- Cut back any trees or shrubs that might provide a hiding place or cover for anyone trying to break in.
Warnings:
• Don’t make your home an inviting target. Use timers for lights and radios and change them from time to time so the lights don’t always come on at the same time.
• If you’re going away arrange to have regular deliveries stopped while you are gone and have a trusted neighbor pick up any “junk mail” that might show up. Arrange to have your grass cut or the snow cleared.
• Asking a neighbor to park a vehicle in your driveway also helps give the appearance the house is occupied.
Physical Door Security: Door Jamb Armor®
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007Door Jamb Armor®
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007With home invasions and break-ins still going on in the country, many people have looked into many home security devices that can help in preventing burglary crimes to happen in their homes. One of the eyed home security devices in the market is the Door Jamb Armor®.
The Door Jamb Armor® consists of a set of metal sleeves that slide over an existing door and wooden door jamb to repair existing kick-in damage or prevent future ones.
Repairing a broken door jamb has never been an easy task, and it costs a lot at times. Door Jamb Armor® stands both as an easy repair alternative and a door reinforcement, serving as a unique and dependable home security solution.
Also available is the Ultra Door Jamb Armor®, which is a response to the needs of landlords and apartment owners who are often required to provide privacy locks for their tenant’s safety.
Door Jamb Armor® was founded on 2004, and it specializes in propriety products that repair kick-in damages. Door Jamb Armor® provide physical door security for homes, apartments, and office buildings.
Identity Theft By Phone Numbers
Friday, August 24th, 2007When Your Number Is Listed In Public
Friday, August 24th, 2007Everyone knows how to use a telephone directory ot a public phone book. And this ‘everyone’ includes strangers and burglars.
And it’s not only our phone numbers that are listed in the directories. Your address is also listed for others to see!
While this may be for public identification (when the situation calls for it), we cannot deny that there are certain dangers in having your phone number and address listed for the public. Information like your phone number and address can serve as starting points for thieves and burglars in their plan to beak into your home or steal something.
Here are some tips from Peace Arch News when you have your personal information listed publicly:
Fire Safety in the Home
Friday, August 24th, 2007Essential Fire Safety Tips for you and your family at home.
