January 2021

Home Security Includes Emergency Preparedness If the year 2020 taught us anything, it is to prepare for the unexpected. If you live in a natural disaster zone, such as blizzards, hurricanes, wildfires, or earthquakes, you may already do this. However, ice storms, hurricanes, and wildfires usually have a season, so we tend to relax outside of that timeframe. Last year, we learned that overnight our environment has the ability to change, and necessities like our paper products and cleaners disappear instantly. What can we do to prepare ahead of time without going overboard and hoarding? Our home security keeps us

Home Security: More Uses Than Just an Alarm Most of us have become familiar with home security systems by now. It is getting more common to have one protecting your home. However, most of us are familiar with just the basic facts, such as an alarm goes off when a door or window opens with an armed system. Or, an alert pops up on your smartphone when your motion sensor camera detects activity outside. The FBI reports that in 2019 property crime resulted in losses of $15.8 billion. This statistic shows that despite the increase in home security systems, there