Home Safety Resources (09)

NAR's Field Guide to Home Safety and Security
This site, run by the National Association of Realtors (NAR), is filled with useful articles covering virtually every aspect of home security. There are articles on burglary prevention tips, general safety tips, a home fire prevention checklist, tips on how to make your home safe while you're on vacation. Many of the articles are written from first-hand experience, from people whose homes had been burglarized and who are now sharing their experiences and sharing what they learned that might keep the same thing from happening to you. According to this site, the effects of home burglary are similar to the long-term effects of rape for many people. Home burglary is that serious. Whatever means you need to keep a thief out of your home need to be implemented and need to be implemented before a burglar enters your home.

Safety Articles from State Farm Insurance
State Farm is one of this country's leading insurers. It is in their best interest, as well as your best interest, for you, your family, and your home to be safe and protected at all times. Click on Home Security and Safety or simply scroll almost to the bottom of the page and you will find several useful articles on home safety. These articles cover such topics as carbon monoxide alarms, smoke alarms, and security bars on windows. The article on window security bars is especially interesting and thought provoking, as it covers both the benefits and the real dangers to your family in times of fire that security bars can pose. Scroll down a bit further and you'll find several articles on Child Safety and further down yet are a series of articles on Home Security which includes articles on security alarm systems, how to protect yourself against home burglary, how to pick the right door lock and more. When one of the biggest insurance companies in the world talks about home security, it pays to listen.

How Safe Is Your Home?
Learn how you can make your home safer from intruders without it costing you an arm and a leg. Security articles include: Tips for Keeping Your Home Safe While You're Away, Making Apartments More Secure, Stop Burglars And So Much More, a Security Glossary, and Catalog Your Possessions to Protect Your Investment. But there are a lot more articles on this helpful site dealing with all aspects of home safety, not just breaking and entering. There are articles dealing with the unique safety needs of seniors. Click on Features and you'll find articles dealing with such diverse home safety topics as Hazards In Your Home plus two different checklists for making your home fire safe. There are articles on keeping kids safe, and special protection measures that need to be taken during holidays. If your home and your family are important to you, then this site is one you'll want to read and reread.