Safety
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Burglary prevention
- Avoid unnecessary display or talk about your valuables.
- Avoid hiding a house key under the doormat or nearby vicinity.
- Teach your family to leave the house undisturbed and call the police if they discover a burglary has been committed.
- Trim trees and shrubs to eliminate hiding places.
- Consider a security closet with a solid core door and a dead-bolt lock.
- Keep emergency telephone numbers listed on your phone.
- Install lights around the perimeter of your home.
- Lock up your ladder.
Doors and entry areas:
- Outside doors should be solid core construction.
- Entry doors should have a wide-angle viewer.
- Exterior doors should have cylinder-type dead-bolt locks.
- Doors without cylinder locks should have a heavy bolt or some similar secure device that can be operated only from the inside.
- Sliding doors should have a lock that locks both the door panels together or the active side to the frame.
- The garage door and basement door should be secured with a lock.
- Lock your garage door at night and when you are away from home.
Windows:
- All windows should be equipped with locks or be pinned.
- Keep your windows locked when they are shut.
- Put secure locks on garage windows.
- Cover garage windows with curtains.
When you go on vacation:
- Arrange for friends or neighbors to pick up newspapers and mail.
- Notify a neighbor you'll be gone.
- Arrange to keep your lawn maintained.
- Arrange to have your snow shoveled.
- Use timing devices for your lights and radio.
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