Personal Safety

The following are some security and fire safety guidelines you should follow in order to ensure your well being.

Personal Safety:

• Never walk alone at night
• Keep doors and windows locked
• Keep valuables out of sight, don't place stereos, TVs, or other similar articles near a window: glass can be 
• smashed and the articles stolen
• When you're away, don't advertise.  Don't leave answering machine messages or notes on the front door
  
• letting people know you're out
• Find out who is knocking before you open the door
• Always use the doors deadbolt, a chain lock isn't enough to protect you
• If you think you're being followed, cross the street, change directions, or vary your pace
• Keep your keys in your possession

Fire Safety:

• Do not cover smoke detectors or remove their batteries
• Clean the ventilation drills if the smoke detector seems too sensitive
• Replace the battery if the smoke detector is continuously beeping
• Drinking and smoking while alone is the #1 cause of fatal fires
• Watch food carefully while cooking in the oven or on the stove
• Extinguish a grease fire with baking soda or class B fire extinguisher
• Never tamper with electrical wiring, and don't overload outlets
• Learn how to escape from a fire know 2 ways out of every room and where the fire
  
• extinguisher is located

Crime Safety At Home

1.) Make sure your home has adequate outside lighting.

2.) Trim shrubs to allow maximum visibility of your home from the street.

3.) Check all locking hardware for proper function and maintain them to optimum working order.

4.) Do not sleep with windows open.

5.) Street numbers should be easily visible from the street at night.

6.) Lock all doors even while you are at home.

7.) Know who is at the door before opening it. Talk to strangers through a closed and locked door.

8.) Security door chains are easily defeated once you open the door.

9.) They provide a false sense of security.


Crime Safety While Driving

1.) Practice good vehicle maintenance habits and check under the hood often.

2.) Before entering your car scan underneath, then look in the front and back seat.

3.) Once inside, lock the doors before you buckle your seat belts.

4.) While driving, be observant for dangerous situations both ahead and behind you.

5.) If you suspect you are being followed, take evasive action.

6.) If you have a cellular telephone, remember dialing 9-1-1 is a free call nationwide.

7.) Don't pickup hitchhikers.

8.) Report stranded motorists to law enforcement.

9.) If your vehicle becomes disabled, use the flashers and remain inside with the doors locked.


Crime Safety While Shopping

1.) Park in well lighted areas and lock valuables in the trunk out of sight.

2.) Never leave house keys attached to car keys when leaving your vehicle for service.

3.) While in public, do not look like a victim-walk with confidence.

4.) Visually scan the area around you for danger.

5.) Avoid walking in isolated areas when possible.

6.) If you suspect you are being followed, cross the street or change direction of travel.

7.) If you are still followed, walk into a business or office or go to the nearest home and ask for help.

8.) If you must work late, tell someone and move your car to a well lighted area close to the building.

9.) Exercise outdoors in populated places like the high school track while others are present.

10.) Use caution when entering elevators, isolated hallways, storage rooms and parking garages.

11.) Do not carry large amounts of cash and credit cards with you.

12.) Limit potential loss by carrying only what you need, like identification and an ATM card along with a small
       amount of cash.

13.) While using public transportation wait in busy areas and in well lit areas at night.


Crime Safety Tips for Seniors

1.) Be suspicious of deals offering something for nothing or extremely low rates.

2.) Verify the identity of repair and delivery persons, inspectors or sales people before opening the door of your
     residence. Call their employer if necessary.

3.) Never reveal personal financial information over the telephone or to strangers.

4.) Be wary of those who solicit home repair work by going door-to-door.

5.) Beware if anyone claims to have found money and offers to share it with you if you will put up good faith
     money of your own.

6.) Don't send money by mail in response to schemes requiring registration or evaluation fees.

7.) Never reveal passwords and personal identification numbers from bank or credit accounts to anyone.

8.) If you suspect fraud or any criminal activity, don't be embarrassed or ashamed to report it immediately.

9.) If you receive harassing, obscene or threatening phone calls, simply hang up and report it to police.

10.) Don't carry large amounts of cash or credit cards when you go shopping.

11.) Be sure to carry critical personal medical or health information, such as Medic Alert type information and
      who to call in case of a medical emergency.

12.) Carry a purse close to your body, concealed beneath outer garments if possible.

13.) If a purse snatcher attacks, do not resist and risk injury. Valuables can be replaced.

14.) Utilize direct deposit and other electronic banking means whenever possible.

Did You Know...?

1.) Police cannot protect and are not legally liable for failing to protect individual citizens.

 

2.) 2,400,000 people use a gun to defend themselved every year. *Of these 192,000 are women defending
     themselves against sexual abuse.

 

3.) Women and children are the most tragic victims of violent and sexual crimes as they are the easiest targets
     of predators.

 

*92% merely brandish the weapon or shoot into the air, therefore in only 8% is the attacker killed or wounded.
  However, law-abiding citizens are routinely prosecuted for brandishing or using a firearm in self-defense.

 What Does This Tell You?

1. YOU need to protect yourself and your family, home and business.
 

2. The police just don't have the capacity to do it all for you.

 

3. Firearms can get you in trouble even if you don't shoot anyone.

That's why www.XtremeSafety.comprovides security products for you personal protection and self
defense at great prices. Please visit www.XtremeSafety.Com to see our featured products and daily
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Pepper Spray May Be Safer To Use At Home
Have you considered what type of protection is best to keep readily available in case of a dog attack.

Thousands of mail carriers are injured by animal attacks each and every day somewhere in the world.

Animal-rights activist Anthony Marr of Vancouver said it is the responsibility of owners to keep

dogs from being a danger to posties."Dog guardians should keep dogs from attacking humans," he said.

"If an animal is in process of attacking, the postie has the right to defend themselves."

Dog Bite Prevention
Ever been afraid of being attacked by an animal? Unfortunately, it can happen since any animal when

threatened can attack you. According to the Center for Disease Control, roughly 6 million people in North

America alone are bitten by dogs each year. To avoid getting a dog bite, think smart and carry some type of

animal defense tool with you while jogging or walking. You can distract a dog looking to attack you be

using a weapon that uses high pitched sound that only dogs can hear to distract them. There are also

repellents that when sprayed at the dog act like pepper spray and disorient the dog so you can get away.

Crime Prevention for Joggers
Joggers are more likely to be the victim of a animal attack than many other people.  This is because they

tend to get very focused with what they are doing or are listening to music with headphones.  When

you are not alert and paying attention to your surroundings, you increase your likelihood of becoming

a victim.  Some tips you can follow to keep you safe include:  vary your routine, avoid secluded areas, carry

a personal protection device (Defense spray, Baton or High pitched Dog Repellent etc), and run during daylight.

How to Use Pepper Spray Properly
Pepper spray comes in a dozen different containers, but all pepper spray products are used in the same

way. It doesn't matter whether you use a pepper spray pen, key chain, pager, canister, watch, or other

container. Take care that the canister, nozzle, or dispenser are in good working order.

- How far does it spray?
- Does it spray a stream or a fog?
- Is it easy to push the trigger?

It is very important to understand how to use your pepper spray or mace canister 'before' you are in an

emergency situation. Learning how to use pepper spray prevents accidents.
- Fire a 2 or 3 second burst.
- Aim for the attacker's eyes.

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