• Place an Alert Alarm yard sign near your front door and add Alert Alarm stickers.
• Purchase a metal or fiberglass door.
• Install a multi-lock system on all entry doors.
• Do not leave house keys under door mats.
• Keep your home visible by passers-by and neighbors by keeping trees and hedges trimmed.
• When landscaping your home, consider adding exterior lighting.
• Install motion detector lights around the perimeter of your home, particularly near rear and side windows and doors.
• Install glass block on exposed basement windows.
• Do not leave ladders around the periphery of the property.  Burglars will use them to enter through the second floor.
• Use timers to maintain normal interior lighting and set them to go on and off at different times of day.
• Keep valuables in a locked and secured safe and well hidden in a non-obvious area of your home. 
• Lock all windows and doors. Lock doors when you're in the back of the house or yard.  Many burglaries occur when homeowners are out gardening or enjoying their yards.
• When leaving for a long vacation, alert your trusted neighbors and arrange to have mail and newspapers collected daily.
• REMEMBER THIEVES ARE LOOKING TO GET IN AND OUT QUICKLY. MAKE THEIR JOB MORE DIFFICULT BY SECURING YOUR PROPERTY WITH A MONITORED ALERT ALARM SYSTEM.

• DO NOT DISABLE Smoke Alarms.
• Never leave food cooking on the stove or in the oven unattended. It can ignite.
• For children, establish and enforce a 3 foot safety range from the stove.
• Turn pot handles to the rear of the stove.
• Do not leave flammable materials near the burners (kitchen towels, hot pads).
• Do not try to extinguish a stove fire with water. Use salt and baking soda.
• Keep a kitchen fire extinguisher nearby. Check it for proper use annually.

• Never leave a curling iron or other heated device on.  Always unplug after use.
• Do not use space heaters to warm towels.

• Never overload electrical sockets.
• Never leave burning candles unattended.
• Do not hang clothing over lamps.
• Keep flammable materials away from space heaters.
• Never overload electrical sockets.
• Check for frayed cords.
• Keep newspapers, rugs and other flammable materials away from the fireplace.
• Dispose of rags outside of the home.
• Check smoke alarms annually.
• Install heat detectors near furnaces, hot water heaters and electrical rooms.

Have a Family Plan in case of a fire

Fires are frightening, for children and adults. Practice a family escape plan for day and night. In the case of fire:

• Establish a family meeting place outside and away from  the home.  A roadside mailbox is often a good place to meet.
• Plan two ways of escape from the house.
• Teach stay low and stay out.  Never return for any reason. Let the Firefighters do that for you.  If you go back in you are unlikely to come back out.
• Mark children's bedroom windows with stickers.

Remember, smoke detectors can fail, but a monitored smoke detector will provide 24/7 protection against fire.