How to make your house a fire safe home:

1. Fit smoke alarms on each level in your home. Keep them free from dust and test them once a week. Consider buying a 10-year alarm; otherwise change the batteries in your alarm every year.
2. Make a fire action plan so that everyone in your home knows how to escape if there is a fire.
3. Keep the exits form your home clear so that people can escape if there is a fire. Make sure that everyone in your home can easily find keys for doors and windows.
4. Take extra care in the kitchen - accidents while cooking account for over half of fires in homes. Never leave young children alone in the kitchen.
5. Take extra care when cooking with hot oil. Consider buying a deep-fat fryer which is controlled by a thermostat (if you don’t already have one).
6. Never leave lit candles in rooms that nobody is in or in rooms where children are on their own. Make sure candles are in secure holders on a surface that does not burn and are away from any materials that could burn.
7. Make sure cigarettes are stubbed out properly, disposed of carefully and never smoke in bed.
8. Get into the habit of closing doors at night. If you want to keep a child’s bedroom door open, close the doors to the lounge and kitchen, it may well help save their life if there is a fire.
9. Don’t overload electrical sockets. Remember one plug for one socket.
10. Keep matches and lighters where children cannot see or reach them.
11. Take special care when you are tired or when you’ve been drinking.
12. Don’t leave the TV or other electrical appliances on standby as this could cause a fire. Always switch it off and unplug when not in use.

1. An automated surveillance monitor of non-humans

Patented: June 29, 2004

The gist of this invention is to detect non-human activities to determine whether an alarm situation exists and it’s not just a cat or a bird tampering with your sensors. It includes an animal noise sensor and an animal noise analyzer to check with non-human animal noises.

2. “Baton”

Patented: December 18, 1997

This baton is special due to its appearance. But you use it like any other baton.

3. Gas Visual Notification Device

Patented: June 4, 2002

This device is mainly used for signaling distress. The compressed gas within the device is made up of a quantity of aerosol, and non-toxic micro-dispersion colored particles to add color to the compressed gas. When activated, the gas is released to serve as a visual notification that you are in duress.

4. An Alarm Device That Notifies You Have Experienced Fear

Patented: October 3, 1995

It’s basically a computer system wherein the system compares the monitored psychological data to that of the stored stress profile data. When it determines a pattern that signifies fear, it activates the alarm.

5. Mobile Detection System That’s Like a Robot

Patented: February 18, 1993

It detects any abnormal condition in your home, like a fire of an intruder. The robot then sends signals to a monitor, and the monitor alerts the authorities.

6. “The Instant Savior”

Patented: January 11, 1977

This is a personal security device in the form of a flashlight! It informs a person by remote control who is outside the door of his or her house. It gives a picture and determines whether the person outside is male, female, or child.

7. Protective Bed With Shield

Patented: February 6, 2004

It’s bullet-proof and impact-resistant! It has quick access doors to provide entry to the interior sleeping area, and has a ventilation system and a rebreather that scrubs carbon dioxide from the air within the unit.

8. Cell phone and Gun In One

Patented: August 14, 2004

It basically a sort of cell phone or electronic device with an added tubular wall with a central bore to function as the barrel of a firearm. Electronic elements allow the bullet to be discharged.

9. Spit and Bite Protection

Patented: April 4, 2002

This device is comprised of a collar that protects and stabilizes the neck. It helps prevent neck injuries and head-butting. It also has a face shield that is attached to the collar, and helps prevent spitting and biting. The shield can be released from the collar.

10. Missile-Proof Vest

Patented: February 9, 2001

It’s a ballistic resistant body covering that protects the torso, groin, and neck from ballistic missiles. The torso and groin portions are made of ballistic resistant material.

Source: AlarmSystemReviews.com

Essential Fire Safety Tips for you and your family at home.

Mainland China is contributing a new gas alarm in the world of home security solutions. The HC-A10 gas alarm has been released by Cixi Hongchang Electronic Co. Ltd just this week and is out on the market.

The main highlight of the HC-A10 gas alarm is that the alarm sounds within 20 seconds of leak detection! This is extremely helpful for households and families, especially since gas and fire accidents can happen anytime. The product works at a density range of 0.1 to 0.5 percent for coal gas and LPG, and 0.1 to 0.3 percent for natural gas.

For more information and for inquiries, check on Global Sources Security Products.

Gas Alarm Systems of ALVI Technologies has recently launched a new innovative safety alarm. Very Early Fire Warning and Safety Alarm89 was especially made to continuously monitor for CO products of combustion gases to detect early fire warnings.

The Very Early Fire and Safety Alarm89 can either b duct mounted or wall mounted. It has a built in CO Products of Combustion sensor that can last up to five years. You can replace the sensor when it reaches the maximum of its life expectancy.

The Very Early Fire and Safety Alarm89 can be used for early fire detection in commercial buildings, airports, enclosed railway stations, hospitals, enclosed buildings, and other places.

More information on the Very Early Fire and Safety Alarm89 can be found at Infolink.

There was a reported fire tragedy in Stanley Road, UK, wherein a man died not only of the fire but also of carbon monoxide poisoning. The cause of the blaze was a kettle on a gas hob that was still switched on with the gas issuing.

The man did not have smoke detectors in his place. It was only because a friend who came by smelled gas and could not get an answer from him that the alarm was raised.

The brother of the victim is now appealing to the people to install smoke detectors and smoke alarms to prevent similar deaths. It’s not that expensive, definitely a lot less expensive than a life. Smoke detectors and smoke alarms can help in saving lives from fire tragedies.

Include carbon monoxide detectors with smoke detectors. Carbon monoxide are deadly killers that cannot be seen and cannot be smelled, unlike smoke and fire.

Home security systems, alarms, sensors — Just because you’ve had these installed doesn’t mean that you are wholly safe from burglary crimes and break-ins. There are still certain points you have to check to make sure that your home is safe from openings that burglars can make as entry points.

First, you have to reinforce your home security habits. Make sure that very window and door in the house is closed when the rooms aren’t used. Provide screens or wiring for detectors if there is a need to.

Your phone line should not be visible to the burglar. If the burglar cuts the phone lines, then the home security company monitoring your house won’t even get a signal from you. considering burying the phone lines or getting a back up cell phone.

Make sure that your home security system and the control panel is properly set up. Have it tested by a professional, too.

Smoke detectors are required to be serviced each year and replace every ten years. There are instances that smoke detectors don’t work properly because they weren’t properly maintained.

There can be more defects in your home security, so make sure that you have every corner of your house inspected by a professional. Properly test your home security system and devices when you’ve had them installed.