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Top 5 Home Fire Safety Tips

Top 5 caused of home fires are 1. Heater Fires-Keep portable heaters used to dry clothes or shoes or left to close to drapes or furniture and ignite a fie in minutes. 2.Candles-Candles left near any combustible material can ignite into a potentially deadly in home blaze. 3. Careless Smoking-Smoking material dropped into bedding or furniture can smolder for hours before exploding into flames. 4. Electrical Appliance-Electrical power cords placed under carpet of furniture are a potential fire hazard. 5. Stove and Cooking-When a pot or pan overheats or splatters greases, it can take seconds to cause a fire.

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First Line of Defense

As a home and business owner your first line of defense against burglars, vandals, and trespassers is your properties perimeter. The key to this is to keep your property visible and at the same time secure. You will want to keep your property barricaded from intruders but clearly visible to neighbors, passersby, and law enforcement officers.

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Security Tip #1: Lighting Your Home

Security experts agree that the #1 deterrent to burglars and intruders is the sight of an alarm box and sign on the outside of your property. The next is outdoor lighting. Burglars like working in the dark and during winter months it gets dark early. Local police agencies advise home and business owners to adjust outdoor lighting to come on at sunset and not go off until after sunrise

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