Inner Security Systems

Planning Ahead

When protecting your home and loved ones, it's better to be proactive than reactive. Being a victim to burglary or fire is devastating. Here's what you can do to be proactive:

Have a licensed professional alarm company install a security alarm system. Make sure the alarm is designed to detect burglary, fire and other hazards.

Test your alarm system regularly. Make sure your smoke detectors work. Plan an evacuation route and a meeting place outside of the house in the event of fire.

Make it more difficult for the burglar to find your valuables if he does get inside your home. Find a safe hiding place for your valuables. Don't leave them on the dresser or in a dresser drawer.

Any door or window that is not properly secured is an open invitation to the burglar. In at least one-half of all residential burglaries, thieves entered through unlocked doors or windows.

Plant thorny bushes under all windows. Trim back any trees or shrubs near door and windows to eliminate hiding places for thieves.

Don't hide a spare key under the door mat or under a flower pot.

Thieves hate bright lights. Add outdoor lighting in entryways, ground level windows and garages. Use a combination of motion sensor, photo-electric, low-voltage and decorative landscape lighting for maximum protection.

If you travel, create the illusion that you’re at home by using timers to turn lights on and off.

Keep any tools that could be used to break into your house, like a ladder, safely locked away in a garage or shed.

If someone comes to your door asking to use the telephone, make the call yourself. Don't invite them in.

To secure sliding glass doors, install auxiliary locks, keyed locks, pins or screws that bolt the doors to the frame and metal screws to prevent lifting of the door off the tracks.

Talk to your local law enforcement officials about neighborhood watch groups.

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