It’s Christmas season already and Christmas lights are lighting cities everywhere. Unfortunately, Christmas lights tend to cause lots of fires. Old and substandard lights are fire hazards. Before installing them, make sure you check if your fire extinguisher is working. Make sure they are filled with fire retardant. Also make sure they are not [...]

If there are door alarms, there are also alarms that are installed in windows. Magnetic window alarms are efficient protection in homes, offices and public buildings. You will feel secure when you travel with your family and leave an empty home. The magnetic alarm emits a loud continuous beep when the window is opened. The [...]

One of the things I’m most proud of is my indoor lap pool. Being a triathlete, I swim 2 to 3 times a week all year long. Because of my lap pool, I’m a strong swimmer. Unfortunately, having an indoor pool has its disadvantages. Maintaining and cleaning the pool cost a lot. I also [...]

Securing your home is very important. Just the other day I saw a data from FBI’s website that made me reassess our home security. The data is pretty scary especially if you see the city where you live in has the highest burglary rate. The table presents a statistics based on Federal Bureau of Investigation [...]

An unsupervised pool can be dangerous to children and pets. Monitor your pool using a pool alarm to ensure that you are warned when somebody accidentally falls in it. Pool alarms are portable, self-contained and lightweight. The unit is simple to operate.
When there is unauthorized entry in the pool, the electronic sensor will trigger [...]

We are supposed to live in a safe community, protected from harm. But the reality is that violent behavior does exist and nobody is exempt from the possibility of being attacked. The best thing we can do is to be prepared and be ready on what actions to take when face to face with dangerous [...]

It is every parent’s nightmare that something bad should ever happen to their child. Have you ever feared or experienced being in a crowded place and stopping for an instant to look at something then seeing your child no longer where he or she used to be? Children love to run and will sooner or [...]

When my eldest turned high school, I always remind her to be alert and cautious of her surroundings. She leaves the house 5:30 a.m. and commutes for an hour via public transportation to get to school then gets home at 5:30 p.m. With this daily schedule I thought of enrolling her to a self-defense class [...]

One of my bad habits is smoking. It’s getting harder and harder for us smokers to find a place to smoke. Gone are the days when I can pull out my cigarette in a meeting and just puff away. Now, I have to go to the emergency stairway of our building to [...]

The heartbreaking news about murders, rapes, abductions and attacks are constantly reported in the media. The victims were either harmed in the open streets while some in the supposedly safety of their homes. Now, more and more people are realizing that there is a big need to feel safe as well as to protect their [...]