Home Safety

If an emergency strikes, you need to be prepared. One essential area of preparation involves emergency food storage. Conduct an analysis of your emergency food supplies to discover if they are...

Emergency preparation is something many people do not consider until it is too late. While it is impossible to plan for every possible disaster scenario, preparing an emergency food storage supply...

Swimming in your pool at home can be a wonderful experience, but you should also have your pool stocked with the proper safety equipment in case of emergency. This ensures safety for you and your...

How to plan an escape route within the home in case of disaster.

Life is full of surprises. Unfortunately, not all of them are good ones. Although you may never be able to predict when an emergency disaster such as an earthquake, fire, blackout, tornado or...

Emergency preparedness can go a long way toward ensuring you and your family's safety. Disaster can strike at any time, and whether it's a hurricane, blizzard, or even something as severe as a...

Earthquakes occur in most states and every region across the United States. The most important factor in being able to stay safe, and keeping your family safe, during an earthquake is having a...

Snow can be pretty. Snow can be fun. However, snow can be downright annoying when it makes you stay at home all day because you're snowed in. However, being snowed in does not have to be awful. In...

Check the crime statistics across the country and most see a dramatic rise in burglaries across the nation. And this is true for smaller rural towns to the larger urban cities. Most know that...

Creating a personal or family disaster plan is crucial to surviving a natural disaster or emergency. Preparation for a disaster ideally begins long before a hurricane, tornado, earthquake or flood...

What is your family's risk of a fire? How well prepared is your family in the event of a fire? Did you know a home fire occurs every 83 seconds in the United States, and more fire deaths and...

If there were to be an emergency fire, flood, or earthquake, do you have the things you need in place in order to protect your family? Many times, people are caught unaware in an emergency and...

We are all aware how life threatening situations can arise at any given moment as we go about our day. As some people become paralyzed in fear others step up and take the necessary action. There...

A disaster can strike without warning. Earthquakes, tornadoes, floods, fires, etc can strike when you least expect it. It's important for families to prepare and have a plan in event of an...

Disaster wears many faces. It can be a hurricane, a flash flood, a fire in your home, a terrorist attack or a financial crisis. Surviving and thriving during adverse events takes more than a vague...

"It's time to evacuate!" No one should ever have to hear these words. No matter where you live, fire is a possibility. If you live in a drought-prone area such as southern California,...

When you live in or visit an area that is frequented by hurricanes, there are some essential things you can do to keep you, your family and home safe or safer than not. One of the first things,...

A home must feel like a safe environment. To make sure the house in which you live meets the true definition of a home, you must plan for various emergency contingencies. Of course, each plan must...

Hurricane season officially begins on the first day of June. It ends six months later. Howling winds and whipping bands of rain can be very scary for all family members. Fortunately there are...

Earthquakes are a natural occurrence that may strike at any time. Earthquakes may occur during the night or day and will often give no warning before they transpire. Nothing guarantees that you...

You can never predict when an emergency will strike. It could be a power outage due to weather or storms, a fire, being snowed in. Simple steps you can take now may make the difference in how your...

I don't think I need to express the hard times we are living in. Jobs are becoming less available; especially to Americans. The billions of dollars borrowed from China (known as the Obama...

Disaster can strike at any time. Depending on where you live, the disaster could be a tornado, hurricane, earthquake, flood or fire. It is important for you and your family to develop a disaster...

Hurricanes are dangerous storms that can threaten your life, your home and your family. High winds can damage the structure of your home and send outdoor objects flying dangerously through the...

Being targeted by home intruder is one of the biggest fears of homeowners, especially those with families. Those who worry aren't without good cause – the rate of home intrusions has been on the...

We should all be prepared in case an emergency situation occurs and we must leave home in a hurry.

Each of us hopes a natural disaster will never come our way, but every corner of the world faces its own gauntlet of dangers from Mother Nature, from the earthquakes of California to the tornadoes...

I never thought that I would be able to provide my advice on how to prepare for a category 5 hurricane based on first-hand experience. But my family and I endured Hurricane Ike in 2008 as well as...

This season like all the others will be just as unpredictable. However, you should not procrastinate when it comes to the safety of you and your family. Beginning your preparation now will pay off...

Every family should have an escape plan at their home in the event of an emergency. Far too well do I remember the fear, shock and confused feelings which I felt after the 1994 earth quake which...

Making sure that your home is safe is one of the most important tasks you can undertake. By providing a safe home environment for your family, you are insuring their physical well-being as well...

Sitting down to prepare a family fire escape plan is very important. Write this with the ages of your children in mind. If there are no children in your home, it is still important to prepare a...

Whether a threat to your family's safety comes in the form of a forest fire, earthquake, tornado, hurricane, chemical spill or terrorist attack, your chances of surviving it are increased if you...

While safety codes can vary from state to state and even from town to town, there are some basic safety rules that apply to the use of smoke detectors in multi-family homes. These codes have...

Protecting your family is the first priority when faced with a house fire, but it is also important to protect your valuables that are not replaceable with money. Here are a few tips that can help...

Smoking in bed is an ill-advised activity that some people engage in with little regard for the consequences. This detrimental behavior will put you and your home at risk. Fires that destroy...

How to prepare for a family emergency.

Fire keeps no record, records no appointments and never gets overbooked. Unlike Hollywood's depiction, fire is dark. Most people suffocate in their beds long before the fire reaches them. ...

No one wants to have a house fire in their house. That is one of the most difficult things to push through given you and your family get out safely. Every year there are deaths all over the...

The old money tradition of using helpers to run a household would come in handy for most families today. Sadly, most of us have no help. But every so often, we all need it. We need to let someone...

My family of four recently went through 5 very cold days and 4 nights with no electricity or heat after an ice storm hit Kentucky on Jan. 27. Although we were relatively unprepared, we came...

Has someone you know and loved been the victim of a house fire? Do you want to help them out but don’t know where to start or what to do? Read below for 6 ideas on how to help someone who has...

First and foremost, I would like to advert the extreme seriousness of this article and extend my innermost prayers to those who may have been involved, or know anyone involved with a house fire....

Emergency first aid kits are important for your family because you never know when a disaster is going to strike. A lot families are ill prepared and can be seriously hurt when something...

Preparing your family, in a non-frightening way, for the possibility of fire, is one thing you can do to prevent potential disaster.

The thought of a fire is so disturbing to many people that they prefer not to think about it at all. In the case of a house fire, what you don’t know truly can hurt you. Odds are that your...

Creating a fire escape plan is essential to keeping your family safe. Make it a family night to make a plan on paper, and practice it so you'll know exactly what to do in the event of a fire.

Over sixty percent of Americans believe that we could see an new great depression. How can you prepare your home and family?

Having emergency supplies ready may save your life one day. These essentials are easy to assemble, largely inexpensive and readily available. When planning what you need, evaluate your current...

No matter the size or location of your family, everyone needs an adequate evacuation plan for their home in case of fire emergency.