Home And Family
Home Safety Awareness For Your Children
If you have some smaller children, especially once they get to the age when they first start crawling and walking around, there are some definite home safety awareness things you should be looking at. These can include all sorts of things, from gates, to plug protectors, and child safety locks. All of these things... »
Safety Tips for Home Emergencies
Home Safety Home Safety is something we all need to know. I can never remember where the things are that you’re supposed to turn to shut off the Gas, Water or Electricity, so I got my husband to give me a quick tour through our House so I could get a better handle on... »
Winter Home Safety Tip – Carbon Monoxide Detectors
As part of regular home preparations, check boiler and dryer exhaust vents to keep them clear of leaves, debris or snow to prevent blockage. Also check batteries in all smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. Many manufacturers recommend installing new batteries every six months. Carbon Monoxide is a lethal gas that is odorless, colorless and... »
Home Safety Tips
We all know seatbelts and bicycle helmets save lives. We also know, and teach our children, to look both ways when crossing a street and to never talk to strangers, but these precautionary measures don’t prevent accidents from occurring in our own homes. More than 75% of all injuries occur in the home or... »
Senior Health and Home Safety
Senior citizens have to learn and adjust to the rewards and difficulties of getting older. Early on, let’s say at 55 years of age, you’re just entering the “senior” arena, and are just beginning to realize and experience happenings you might encounter. At first, you are introduced to things like, senior citizen restaurant special... »
Home Safety Tips – Reducing And Preventing Equipment Related Accidents
Most equipment related accidents can be decreased a great deal if people would only learn to use the equipment properly and recognize signs of malfunctioning equipment. The advances in technology have brought about highly sophisticated electronic equipment in many houses hence the need for more education to help decrease equipment related accidents. Below are... »