How to stay safe at home

[JasonBegheFanGirl]

Barely a day goes past without another news headline proclaiming someone viciously attacked, robbed or worse in their own home.



The past year has seen domestic burglaries rise 14 per cent, while recent figures for England and Wales revealed a householder is attacked by a violent burglar every 30 minutes.



But the crime statistics needn’t make you feel like a victim-in-waiting in your own front room.



There are some easy steps you can take to make your house a safer place to be.



To mark this year’s National Personal Safety Day (October 10) the Suzy Lamplugh Trust - set up following the disappearance of the 25-year-old estate agent in 1986 - has launched a campaign to get more people taking simple safety precautions.



So what can you do to minimize the risks at home?



Full Article: http://uk.lifestyle.yahoo.com/how-to-stay-safe-at-home.html



Do any of you do any of those things in order to keep your home safe?

 

[Jazzy]

I have and do the following:



Motion detector lighting at strategic locations on my property.

I have timers set to go on and off at certain times. They will turn on lights, TV and radio.

I have two dogs that will always let me know when anyone is in the yard or approaching the house.

My friend has a spare key to my house in case I needed it.

I have targets set up in the backyard. There is no mistaking that I own a firearm.

All doors and windows have alarms which I have to turn off to be able to open them.

If I'm going to be away from home for several days, my friend comes over to get the mail and newspaper.

In certain windows in my house, I have WARNING ATTACK DOGS ON PREMISES

 

[Cranos]

None of those, I feel safe enough as it is.