Sometimes we feel too busy to worry about security, or we just forget and become careless and vulnerable to theft and other crimes. Don't let the rush make you careless in protecting your home from potential criminals. These Tips can help you be more careful, prepared and aware.
Security tips for you and your family members:
* Every time you buy or rent a howse or appartment, change the locks.
* Try to contact your neighbours and establish a communication network in case of an emergency, collecting their phone numbers, local police numbers, and fire fighters.
* Leave the emergency phone numbers near the phone on clear visible spot .
* Never give away personal information by phone to someone you don't know or trust.
* Always check for suspicious looking persons near the entrance of your howse. If you think they might be a potential threat, do not enter your howse. Just keep walking as if you were just passing by and contact the police.
* If upon arrival you find that the door has been forced, do not enter. Call the police as soon as posible.
* Use all the security measures, even if you will be absent for just a few minutes.
* Hide valuable jewels and cash in an anchored safe, and preferably in a hidden spot.
* Try to illuminate the whole house, especially outdoors. Avoid leaving dark corners that may allow
criminals to hide.
* Prune trees, bushes and plants periodically, keeping them to a height that impedes someone to hide.
* Reduce the opening and closing time of hall doors. If you have automatic hall doors, always wait until they close completely before leaving or getting off the car.
* Place double lock, only giving keys to people you trust.
* Remember to close the windows, especially those near terraces or balconies.
* Never leave door notes telling about your absence, neither leave hidden keys.
Tips For children:
* Teach them basic data of identity that might be useful on an emergency event (full name, home phone, address).
* Advice them not to give away information to strangers and to never open the door.
* Insist that they mustn't accept anything from a stranger: invitations, sweet neither gifts.
* Inform them about the risks of hitchhiking.
* Explain them how to proceed before an emergency arises.
* Teach them the importance of never telling when their parents are not at home.
* Teach them how to dial to emergency telephones, using a toy telephone.
Source: http://www.ArticlePros.com/author.php?Camilo Torres
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