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• CHILDREN: Keeping your children safe - things you can do and tell them
• COMPUTERS: Protecting your computer
• EMERGENCY: Deciding to stay or go in an emergency situation
• EMERGENCY: Planning an emergency escape route
• FIRE: Fire safety
• FIREWORKS: Legal or not - fireworks are too risky for amateurs
• HOME/BUSINESS: Protecting your home/business when you or your neighbors are gone for the holidays or vacation
• HOMELAND SECURITY: Preparing for Disasters or Possible Terrorist Attacks
• HOMELAND SECURITY: Understanding the Homeland Security Advisory System
• HOTEL: Hotel safety
• IDENTITY THEFT: General guide for victims of identity theft
• IDENTITY THEFT: Identity theft - 10 ways to prevent it
• SHOPPING: Online shopping
• SHOPPING: Shopping at the malls

 

Fire safety

According to the U.S. Fire Administration http://www.usfa.fema.gov/, a division of the Federal Emergency Management Agency http://www.fema.gov/, more than 4,000 Americans die each year in fires, and approximately 25,000 are injured. Security bars may help keep your family safe from intruders, but they can also trap you in a deadly fire. Individuals are encouraged to use the following tips to help reduce the number of fire injuries and deaths associated with security bars on windows and doors preventing fire escape.

Use quick-release devices on barred windows and doors.
Windows and doors with security bars should have quick-release devices to allow them to be opened immediately in an emergency. These devices operate from inside and allow the bars to be opened for emergency escape without compromising the security of your home. Quick-release devices should be easy to open without the use of a key, detailed knowledge or great physical effort. Release devices vary by region and manufacturer. Contact your local fire department on a non-emergency number for information on approved release devices available in your area.

Consider retrofitting current security bars.
Security bars on windows and locked doors prevent escape from fire and impede firefighters' rescue attempts. If the security bars in your home are permanently fixed or do not have quick-release devices, they should be retrofitted with release devices.

Be aware of security bar issues when practicing fire escape routes.
Know and practice fire escape plans monthly, and use them to identify and correct obstructions of windows and doors needed for escape from a deadly fire. Make sure windows are not stuck, screens can be taken out quickly and security bars can be properly opened. It is important that everyone in the family understands and practices how to properly operate locked or barred windows and doors. Windows should open easily and be wide enough to allow escape, and locked or barred doors should operate quickly and easily.

Plan two exits out of each room.
The best escape plans have two ways to get out of each room. If the primary exit is blocked by fire or smoke, you will need a second way out. A secondary route might be a window onto an adjacent roof or a UL-approved collapsible ladder for escape from upper story windows.

Designate a meeting place outside, and take attendance.
Designate a meeting location away from the home, but not necessarily across the street. For example, meet under a specific tree, at the end of the driveway or on the front sidewalk to ensure everyone has gotten out safely. Designate one person to go to a neighbor's home to phone the fire department.

Once out, stay out.
Remember to escape first, then notify the fire department using the 911 system or proper local emergency number in your area. Never go back into a burning building for any reason. Teach children not to hide from firefighters.

Install smoke alarms.
Finally, having working smoke alarms installed on every level of your home dramatically increases your chances of survival. Smoke alarm batteries need to be tested every month and replaced with new ones at least once a year. Also, consider replacing the entire smoke alarm every 10 years, or as the manufacturer's guidelines recommend.
 

Deciding to stay or go in an emergency situation

Depending on your circumstances and the nature of the emergency, the first important decision in the case of a natural disaster, or terrorist attack is whether you stay put or get away. You should understand and plan for both possibilities. Use common sense and available information -- including the information provided by the Department of Homeland Security's Ready.gov -- to determine if there is immediate danger.

In any emergency, local authorities may or may not immediately be able to provide information on what is happening and what you should do. However, you should monitor TV or radio news reports for information or official instructions as they become available. If you're specifically told to evacuate or seek medical treatment, do so immediately.

Staying Put
Whether you are at home, work or elsewhere, there may be situations when it's simply best to stay where you are and avoid any uncertainty outside. There are other circumstances when staying put and creating a barrier between yourself and potentially contaminated air outside -- a process known as "shelter-in-place" -- is a matter of survival. Use available information to assess the situation. If you see large amounts of debris in the air or if local authorities say the air is badly contaminated, you may want to take this kind of action.

To "shelter-in-place:"

• Bring your family and pets inside.
• Lock doors, and close windows, air vents and fireplace dampers.
• Turn off fans, air-conditioning units and forced air heating systems.
• Take your emergency supply kit unless you have reason to believe it has been contaminated.
• Go into an interior room with as few windows as possible.
• Seal all windows, doors and air vents with plastic sheeting and duct tape. Consider measuring and cutting the sheeting in advance to save time.
• Be prepared to improvise and use what you have on hand to seal gaps so that you create a barrier between yourself and any contamination.
• Local authorities may not immediately be able to provide information on what is happening and what you should do. However, you should watch TV, listen to the radio or check the Internet often for official news and instructions as they become available.

Getting Away
There may be conditions under which you will decide to get away, or there may be situations when you are ordered to leave. Plan how you will assemble your family, and anticipate where you will go. Choose several destinations in different directions so you have options in an emergency.

Create an evacuation plan:

• Plan places where your family will meet, both within and outside of your immediate neighborhood.
• If you have a car, keep half a tank of gas in it at all times in case you need to evacuate.
• Become familiar with alternate routes and other means of transportation out of your area. If you do not have a car, plan how you will leave if you have to.
• Take your emergency supply kit unless you have reason to believe it has been contaminated.
• Lock the door behind you.
• Take your pets with you, but understand that only service animals may be permitted in public shelters. Plan how you will care for your pets in an emergency.
• If time allows:
  Call or email an out-of-state contact in your family communications plan.
  Tell them where you are going.
  If there is damage to your home and you are instructed to do so, shut off water, gas and electricity before leaving.
  Leave a note telling others when you left and where you are going.
• Check with neighbors who may need a ride.

 

Protecting your computer

• Install a surge protector between the power socket and the computer's power cable. Spend the extra $20 or $30 to get an actual surge protector, not just a power strip. Some brands offer guaranteed lightning protection, even on their lower-priced models.
• Small businesses with networks should get surge protectors that offer protection from surges through network cables.
• Check protection devices regularly. At least once a year, you should inspect your power protection devices to ensure they are functioning properly. Most good ones will have a signaling light to tell you when they are protecting your equipment properly.
• Use dedicated circuits if possible. Put the computer on its own power circuit, so it isn't sharing the power with your air conditioner, space heater or vacuum cleaner. This greatly improves the power quality and insulates the PC from power sags when these devices are turned on.
• Turn off and disconnect the power cord during an electrical storm. This is a simple precaution that protects your system from possible problems during a thunderstorm.
• Turn off power during a blackout. If you lose power, when the power comes back on, the signal can initially be inconsistent, which can make things more difficult for your power supply.
• High voltages can enter your computer through the phone line connected to the modem. To protect your computer during electrical storms, unplug the telephone line from the modem jack or use a telephone line surge suppressor.
• Businesses with network servers should invest in some form of UPS, which uses batteries to keep servers running during power outages.
• Summer heat also can be a significant problem. Keep your computer in a cool, dry area to prevent overheating.

 

Legal or not for consumers, fireworks are too risky for amateurs

Permanent scarring, loss of vision, dismemberment – these are too often the harsh realities of amateur fireworks use. To keep the public safe from fireworks-related injuries and deaths, the nonprofit NFPA urges everyone to treat fireworks, whether legal or illegal for consumers, as suitable only for use by trained professionals. According to NFPA, amateur fireworks use endangers not only the users, but also bystanders and surrounding property and structures. Pyrotechnic devices ranging from sparklers to aerial rockets cause thousands of fires and serious injuries each year.

"Safe and sane fireworks don't exist," says Dr. John Hall, NFPA assistant vice president of Fire Analysis and Research. "When things go wrong with fireworks, they go very wrong, very fast, far faster than any fire protection provisions can reliably respond."

In recent years, fireworks have been one of the leading causes of injuries serious enough to require hospital emergency room treatment. Fireworks can result in severe burns, fractures, or scars or even death or disfigurement that can last a lifetime. The thousands of serious injuries each year typically harm the eyes, head, or hands, and are mostly reported in states where fireworks are legal. Even sparklers, which are considered by many to be harmless, reach temperatures of more than 1,000° F.

"Fireworks are dangerous and unpredictable, especially in the hands of amateurs," says Judy Comoletti, NFPA assistant vice president of Public Education. "The few seconds of pleasure those fireworks may bring are not worth the risk of injury, permanent scarring, or even death."

Wooded areas, homes, and even automobiles have become engulfed in flames because of fireworks. Fireworks-related fires have typically caused at least $20 million in property loss (not adjusted for inflation) each year in recent years. A substantial portion of the structure fire property loss due to fireworks typically involves bottle rockets or other fireworks rockets. These rockets can land on rooftops or wedge within certain structures and still retain enough heat to cause a fire.

"For most people, their family and their home represent the hard work of a lifetime and their hopes for the future," says Dr. Hall. "No one would risk losing what's most important to them if they understood the dangers of fireworks. There are safer alternatives to using fireworks on the Fourth of July."

Public fireworks displays are one of those alternatives. Conducted by trained professionals, these displays are the smartest and safest fireworks alternative for anyone because they are established under controlled settings and regulations. After these displays, or any other time, children should never pick up fireworks that may be left over. Fireworks that have been ignited and fail to immediately explode or discharge can cause injury because they may still be active. Children should always tell an adult if they find fireworks rather than picking up smoking or charred fireworks themselves, which is just too risky.

Clearly, fireworks are capable of devastating and fatal injuries. According to the American Pyrotechnics Association, there are currently seven states that ban all consumer fireworks (AZ, DE, GA, MA, NJ, NY and RI). The fireworks banned in these states don't become safer when used in others. Remember, all fireworks should be left to professionals.

Facts & figures

• In 1999, an estimated 24,200 fires in the U.S. were started by fireworks. These resulted in 12 deaths and 55 injuries.
• In 2002, 8,800 people were treated at hospital emergency rooms for fireworks-related injuries. Burns were the leading type of fireworks injury (63.2%). Contusions and lacerations were second (21.1%), and were the leading type of injury when the injury was to any part of the head or face, including the eye. Hands or fingers were the part of the body injured in 31.6% of the incidents. In 21.1% of the cases, the eye was involved, and other parts of the face or head accounted for 17.5% of the injuries.
• Pre-teens and teenagers face the highest risk of fireworks injuries. In 2002, 62.1% of people injured by fireworks were under the age of 20, with 34.5% of the injuries incurred by those between 10 and 19. Twenty-five- to 44-year-olds accounted for 22.4% of fireworks injuries.
• Males accounted for nearly three-fourths (71%) of fireworks injuries. The female injury rate was higher than the male rate for adults 45 and older.
• From 1995 to 1999, an annual average of nine people were killed in fires started by fireworks. An annual average of seven people were killed directly by fireworks.
• In 1999, fires started by fireworks caused $17.2 million in direct property damage. Fireworks-related fires have caused at least $15 to $20 million in property loss each year in the past decade.
• Based on the amount of time and quantities in use, fireworks pose a higher risk of fire death than any other consumer product. Although cigarettes are the leading cause of fire death, the risk that someone will die from fire when fireworks are being used is three times the corresponding risk when cigarettes are burning.
• On the Independence Day holiday in 1999, fireworks caused more outdoor fires in the United States than all other causes of outdoor fire combined.
• Seven states ban the use of fireworks by consumers (AZ, DE, GA, MA, NJ, NY, and RI). The other 43 states permit some or all consumer fireworks. The American Pyrotechnics Association has compiled a helpful map and directory of state-by-state fireworks control laws.
  (Source: NFPA.org)

 

Planning an emergency escape route

Every year, nearly 4,000 Americans die in home fires and approximately 25,000 are injured. Children and the elderly are especially at risk in home fires because they are less able to escape when fire strikes. You can improve the chance that your family will survive a home fire by making sure that they can escape quickly if necessary. These tips, courtesy of the U.S. Fire Administration, are provided to help create an escape plan.

Smoke alarms are life savers. The primary fire safety strategy for any home is to warn the occupants early. The best way to get the earliest warning of danger is by installing sufficient smoke alarms. Homes should have a smoke alarm near the bedrooms, but not so close to the kitchen that you have problems with alarms from cooking. It's a good idea to have a smoke alarm in each bedroom, especially if you sleep with the door closed.

Plan your escape. The other part of the fire safety plan is for everyone to get out quickly. If you awake in the middle of the night to a fire, your thinking may be confused. Therefore, it is important that you practice your escape plan ahead of time. That way, your whole family will know what to do. Manufactured homes have more ways to escape than most other homes. There are always two doors, and every bedroom has an emergency escape window. Make sure everyone knows how to open the emergency windows so no time is wasted when fire strikes. These windows are labeled with operating instructions. Everyone in the family, as well as frequent visitors and babysitters, should practice the escape plan, including opening the escape windows.

Can you beat the clock? Most people do not realize how quickly fires can grow. A home fire can become deadly in as few as three minutes. Can your family get out that quickly? Consider that it may take one minute for the smoke alarm to sound and for you to recognize the danger. If you have young children or are elderly, you may need another minute to get ready. This leaves only one minute for everyone to get to an exit, open it and get out. By practicing your escape, you can make every second count.

Steps to a safe escape:

• Have at least two working smoke alarms, and test them monthly.
• Plan two ways out of every room.
• Practice your escape plan twice every year.
• Practice crawling low under smoke.
• Have a prearranged meeting place outside your home.
• Call the fire department from a neighbor's home.
• Once you're outside, stay out.

 

Hotel safety

Fire protection systems in hotels, motels, and other overnight establishments continue to improve the level of safety for their guests. Nevertheless, you should find out ahead of time just how much protection these systems do offer you and your traveling companions. When making your reservations, ask before you book if there is a fire alarm system to alert guests should there be a fire? Are there smoke alarms, fire extinguishers, and automatic sprinklers installed in each room and throughout the facility? After arriving, take the time to locate where the nearest fire exits are located. Share this information and an escape plan from your hotel room to a safe place. Think of several different emergency scenarios and what you would do.

Choose a stairway as an escape route over the elevator. Elevators can stall or become "smoke or fire traps". Designate a point outside of the premises for everyone in your traveling group to meet should you get separated during an emergency situation. If there is a fire in your room, stay calm—where are your traveling companions? Get everyone out quickly. Don't try to put the fire out if it's out of control. Think of safety first. Leave the room immediately and close the door behind you. Once you've reached a safe place notify the hotel's management and the fire department.

If you sense a fire in another room, feel the wall and the door before opening it. If the door is hot to the touch—don't open it! If you are trapped, call the fire department immediately and seal any cracks around the door with wet towels to keep as much of the smoke from entering the room as possible. If the wall and the door is cool, open it slowly keeping your hands and face away from the opening. If everything appears to be safe in the outside corridor, leave immediately and close the door behind you. Make sure you have your access key or card with you in case the exits or hallways are blocked with smoke, fire, or something unexpected. It may be necessary to return to your room. Smoke inhalation and panic are the main causes of death during a fire.

Never leave children unattended in a hotel room that includes a kitchen with a stove. Be sure to keep a close eye on children if your room is upstairs where windows, doors, and balconies may lead to falling injuries. Only smoke in the designated areas. Here are a few other tips:

• Try to be discreet with your personal information when checking into a hotel. Don't let people overhear your name or room number.
• Always park near the main entrance of the hotel's receiving office when arriving to check in.
• Never let anyone into your room without calling the front desk first to verify their identity as an employee of the hotel.
• Keep all valuables out of sight at all times. Have your credit card or approximate cash ready when checking in.
• Make sure all the locks on the windows and doors in your room are working properly. For your safety, use all locks provided and secure all windows and doors that give access to your room.
• Always take your key or access card with you when leaving your room for any reason and lock the door behind you. Guard your key or card—don't leave them lying around at the pool, the restaurant/bar, or in the lobby.
• If the premises are not well lit, or if you do not feel safe or comfortable for any reason, ask a staff member of the hotel to accompany you to or from your room.
• Ask if the hotel has camera surveillance. If you are concerned about privacy, ask if there are any cameras inside your room.

 

Identity theft - 10 ways to prevent it

Identity theft is currently one of the top concerns of today's consumer; yet many of us still remain apathetic with that age-old belief that this is something that only happens to others: People who have bad credit, bad spending habits, gamblers, risk takers, and impulsive online shoppers—nothing could be further from the truth. Identity theft can happen to anyone regardless of income, age, and how they manage their money. In fact, the worst mistake you can possibly make in regard to identity theft is believing it CAN'T happen to you.

There were approximately 500,000 identity theft victims in the year 2001—a $5 billion loss to credit card companies and banks. Victims of identity theft in an effort to clear their name, often spend upwards of $2,000 plus numerous hours of anguish usually associated with an unwanted second job.

It is easy to acquire someone's identity. Personal check's often have a person's name, address, phone number, bank address, account number, and sometimes a person's driver's license number. In 19 states your driver's license number IS your social security number.

Once you write a check, or use your credit card, dozens if not hundreds of people may have access to your information from the moment it leaves your hand to the final processing at the bank or financial business responsible.

Video stores often ask out loud for your phone number. A person behind you in line may be taking down your phone number as you tell the clerk. When the clerk asks you if you are "so and so?" and you reply, "Yes", now they have your name too. By typing in your name or phone number into various search engines online—it's possible they may find information as to where you work or live and can intercept your mail or even break into your home while you're at work. They may even find a photo of you to download and print for a fake ID.

It used to be identity theft mainly targeted the forging of credit cards for quick purchases. Now identity theft is used to purchase cars, real estate, cell phones, contracted labor, casino gambling, etc.

Criminals love this crime because they don't have to know who you are or ever meet you to steal from you!

You also don't have to be a hi-tech computer hacker to obtain information from a secured database. It's amazing how often people freely offer their personal account information. Nowadays, to apply for the simplest service, the form you fill out may ask for your social security number, the name of your spouse, your driver's license, a credit card number, phone, address, workplace, work number—all just so you can get a card to rent a video, or a membership to a gym or a website, to repair your car or an appliance, to order furniture, or to respond to a survey or financial solicitation over the phone.

Criminals get our information easily because WE give them so many opportunities and ways of getting it. And unfortunately, not all professional people and businesses we entrust our personal information to are trustworthy. We currently live in an age and an economy where many people can be easily swayed to compromise their ethics for some quick cash. The people knowingly assisting criminals today have far outnumbered the criminals themselves.

Below are 10 tips on how to avoid identity theft provided by Bankrate.com:

1. Guard that Social Security number
   The most important step is to guard your Social Security number -- it is the key to your credit report and banking accounts and is the prime target of criminals. Do not print your Social Security number on your checks. After applying for a loan, credit card, rental or anything else that requires a credit report, request that your Social Security number on the application be truncated or completely obliterated and your original credit report be shredded before your eyes or returned to you once a decision has been made. A lender or rental manager needs to retain only your name and credit score to justify a decision.
2. Monitor your credit report
   Credit reports can alert you to activity in your financial records. A monitoring service, such as Privacy Guard, will notify you whenever someone applies for credit in your name or checks your credit history. You then can be proactive; call the person and ask, "Why are you checking my credit?" It might be a landlord or employer; it might be legitimate.
3. Buy a shredder and use it
   Identity thieves may use your garbage to obtain personal information. Shred all old bank and credit statements, as well as "junk mail" credit-card offers, before trashing them. Use a crosscut shredder -- they cost more than regular shredders but are superior.
4. Remove your name from marketing lists
   The three credit-reporting bureaus -- Equifax, Experian and TransUnion -- all maintain marketing lists that may contain your information. Contact the agencies to remove your name from the lists. You also should add your name to the name-deletion lists of the Direct Marketing Association's Mail Preference Service and Telephone Preference Service used by banks and other marketers. Removing your name from these lists reduces the number of pre-approved credit offers you receive.
5. Watch what you carry in your wallet
   Do not keep your Social Security card in your wallet or carry extra credit cards or other important identity documents except when needed. These documents can give thieves ready access to your accounts.
6. Keep duplicate records
   Place the contents of your wallet on a photocopy machine. Copy both sides of your license and credit cards so you have all the account numbers, expiration dates and phone numbers if your wallet or purse is stolen.
7. Mail payments from a safe location
   Do not mail bill payments and checks from home. They can be stolen from your mailbox and washed clean in chemicals. Take them to the post office.
8. Monitor your Social Security activity
   Order your Social Security Earnings and Benefits statement once a year to check for fraud.
9. Monitor your credit-card activity
   Carefully examine your credit-card statements for fraudulent charges before paying them. If you don't need or use department-store or bank-issued credit cards, close the accounts.
10. Know who you are talking to
    Never give your credit-card number or personal information over the phone unless you have initiated the call and trust that business.

 

Keeping your children safe - things you can do and tell them

• Talk openly with your children about safety, so they understand the need for precautions.
• Make sure your children really understand these rules. Set up "what if" situations, and ask your children what they would do.
• Always make sure young children are supervised.
• Get to know your children's friends and their families.
• Make sure your children know your address and phone number.
• Know your employees. Do background screenings and reference checks on everyone who works at your home.
  
  Tell your children to:
• Take a friend along: Older children should always take a friend when they go somewhere; younger children should always be supervised.
• Run away from danger, and toward someone you trust: If someone is following on foot or in a car, teach your children to run as quickly as they can in a direction opposite from which the stranger is headed, and run to someone they trust. Don't go near the stranger or the car, don't run to where you are alone or separated from friends.
• If someone tries to take you somewhere: Get away and YELL! Don't be afraid to yell as loud as you can!
• If anyone makes you frightened, confused or uncomfortable: Tell an adult you trust right away.
• Never leave school with someone you don't feel comfortable with: Even if they say it's an emergency. Tell your children to check first with a teacher or school official.

 

Shopping at the malls

• Park in well-lit, well-trafficked areas.
• Keep valuables out of sight. Lock all doors.
• Stay alert and don't allow yourself to become distracted.
• Stay off your cell phone.
• Don't carry large amounts of cash. Bring just one credit or debit card.
• Carry your purse close to your body. Never place your purse in a shopping cart. If at all possible, don't bring a purse.
• Keep your wallet in a front or zipped pocket.
• Don't overburden yourself with packages — use a locker or your car trunk to store packages, then move your car to a new spot.
• When you return to your car, have your keys in hand, get in quickly and immediately lock the doors.
• Bring along a friend.

 

Online shopping

• Shop with known, reputable firms.
• Confirm phone numbers and addresses so you have another way to contact the company should something go wrong.
• Provide personal information sparingly. Online vendors do not need your Social Security number or driver's license number.
• Only use secure servers. Look for an unbroken key or padlock at the bottom of the browser window and a URL that begins with https, not just http.
• Make sure you understand all shipping charges, taxes and delivery dates.
• Schedule deliveries when you can be home, arrange for deliveries to your business, or set up a time that you can pick up the package from the delivery service.

 

Protecting your home/business when you or your neighbors are gone for the holidays or vacation

• Look at your home or business like a burglar would for easy entries into your home, especially unlit areas.
• Even the best lock won’t keep a burglar out if it’s installed on a weak door. Make sure your exterior doors are made of metal or solid hardwood and at least 1 3/4” thick. The door frames should also be made of metal or hardwood and fit the door snug and secure.
• Discourage theft with time-consuming devices that will slow a burglar down. Additional locking devices like dead-bolts, locking gates, bars, pick resistant locks, and alarm stickers in the windows, will make a burglar think twice before attempting to enter. Many burglars will move on to the next target if breaking into your home/business is too risky, “noisy”, or time-consuming. Your security systems’ decals and lawn signs are an effective deterrent.
• Make sure expensive items are not visible through windows, such as expensive artwork, stereo equipment, jewelry, computers—even small items like CDs.
• Never leave a spare key hidden outside (burglars know all the best places)
• Prepare an inventory of valuables and store it somewhere other than your home, such as in a safe deposit box.
• Always lock all doors and all windows.
• Light up your home with well-placed, effective exterior lighting. Make it easy to spot unwelcome visitors with well trimmed hedges, foliage, and trees to minimize dark corners and handy hiding spots.
• Ensure that your telephone answering machine does not imply that you’re not home.
• Keep sidewalks and driveways free of leaves, snow, etc.
• Make sure your security system includes a loud inside alarm, intrusion detectors at all exterior doors and windows, and interior motion sensors.
• Report suspicious persons or vehicles to your local police.
• Make sure that the street number on your home/business is large, well-lighted and unobstructed so emergency personnel can find you quickly.
• Cut up cartons for TVs, computers, stereos, etc. Tie the pieces together with identifying labels on the inside before putting them out for trash pickup.
• Have inside lights and a radio or TV on timers.
• Stop all mail and paper deliveries or arrange for a trusted neighbor to pick them up daily.
• Let someone know where you are and when you are expected to return.
• When returning home, have your keys in hand to quickly unlock the door.
• If you suspect someone has been in the house, leave immediately and call 911 from a cell phone or a neighbor's house.

 

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