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Fire Prevention Week: Can You Hear The Beep While You Sleep?

Fire Prevention Week’s 2016 theme is “Hear the beep where you sleep: Every bedroom needs a working smoke alarm”. A reminder that it is recommended for a smoke alarm be placed inside each bedroom.  It is also recommended one be placed…
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Grilling Safety Tips

With these grilling safety tips in mind, you can have a summer filled with delicious barbecue while prioritizing the safety of your loved ones and your home.
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Fire Safety: Have Your Smoke and CO Detectors Reached The End Of Their Useful Life?

Smoke alarms and carbon monoxide (CO) detectors have a life expectancy. Therefore, you should always replace the unit(s) at the end of their useful life.  As they age, the alarm sensors begin to lose sensitivity. You want any alarm in your…
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Cellular Monitoring And Home Security

As a result of people getting rid of their landline phones, Cellular Monitoring is becoming the main way for an alarm system to “talk” to the central station. For years, Cellular Monitoring has been used as a back-up system for POTS…
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Scams: My Contract Says What?!?!

How to identify scams: The other day, while sifting through my mail, I came upon a mailer from an alarm company offering me a free alarm systems. This isn’t the first time I have received such an offer (I get at least one a week), but it got…
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Top Items Wanted In A Home Break In

Top Items Wanted In A Home Break In: Your HOME SECURITY  SYSTEM is a priority. When a burglar enters your home there are certain items he/she is looking for. A burglar looks for items which are small, valuable and easy to remove. Some of the…
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Home Automation For The Home

Home Automation for the home is becoming the new “norm” in the modern house. The uses of these technologies are endless....
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Insurance Companies Offer Huge Discounts For Monitored Alarm Systems

Insurance companies are giving huge savings to home owners who have monitored alarm systems installed in their home. Insurance companies are rewarding their clients for protecting their homes. Savings for the home owner start at about 5% for…