Keep your home safe during spring break
Protect Your Home During Spring Break Everyone is waiting for spring to get away, whether it’s for a long Easter weekend with the extended family or to get somewhere warm while the kids have spring break from school. There are some steps you should take before you go on vacation that can help keep the house safe while you’re gone.
The first thing is to look around the house at every door and window, as things can change in cold weather. Do they all close and lock properly? If not, then they should be repaired so that they close smoothly, latch properly, and lock. Assuming a home security system is in place, and if there isn’t one, one should be installed, it should be tested, and battery backup power should be checked. This will ensure that the system functions properly. Are shrubs pruned so they don’t create hiding places near the house, if you don’t prune them, usually in most climates they are still pruned from fall with little or no growth.
One of the important things to do for home security when planning spring break is to stop the mail and stop the newspapers. The accumulation of these will alert any criminal passing by the residence that no one is home and that they have all the time they need to break in. The only thing that will be a deterrent is the home security system. If it’s a long weekend when the family will be away, a neighbor, friend or family member can pick up the mail and newspapers.
Make it look like someone is home, use timers on the lights, TV or radio, because the sound and light make it look like the family is home and that’s not attractive to the person who wants to steal things from the home. They like to break in when no one is home, so they completely rule the house without anyone seeing what they look like.
Once these things are in place, it’s possible for the family to go on holiday without any worries of intrusion. In addition, the home security system will continue to monitor for smoke and fire, so the house is completely safe, as well as the family’s possessions. These are steps to take every season when the family is planning a trip, whether it’s a long weekend or a week-long vacation. When a home security system includes cameras that are external or internal, it is possible to use a laptop, cell phone or PDA to see what the cameras have to show and this can be comforting, making a worry-free vacation possible. Safety for the family is important when they are home and when they are away, because in both cases, if someone was in the house to steal, it takes away the family’s sense of security. Once this is gone, family members may never feel safe in the house again, knowing that a stranger has been there.
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