Safety Tips

In your home

• Check smoke alarms and change batteries every six months.
• Replace smoke alarms that are ten years old.
• Use motion detector lights around the outside of your home.
• Keep all shrubs cut back from your home to avoid hiding places.
• When on vacation:
        Stop or have someone pick up your mail.
        Stop your newspaper.
        Have someone cut your grass or shovel the snow off your sidewalks.
        Let the Police Dept. or a friend know where you can be contacted

In your vehicle

• Always drive with your doors locked.
• At night park in a well-lighted area.
• If you are parking your car and something doesn�t look right to you, stay in the car or drive off.
• At a stop intersection stay back from the car in front of you in the event you must drive off to avoid someone trying to get in your car.
• Never let your keys in the ignition.
• Keep packages in the trunk or out of plain view.
• If you have a cell phone, use it and call 911 if you think your are in any kind of danger.
• If you must walk to your car at night, keep your keys ready to unlock your car and lock the door once inside.