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Don’t Get Burned! Fire Prevention Week Tips
October 12, 2012 9:54 am Featured Articles, Home Sweet Home, Safety At HomeIt’s National Fire Prevention Week and it reminds us that fire protection is a very important The National Fire Protection Agency (NFPA) offers great tips and statistics for the cause. They also offer an informative and fun quiz to help families brush up on fire prevention safety. Check it out here. NFPA Fire Statistics that [...]
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Locations, Type and Age: Do Your Smoke Detectors Make the Grade?
October 10, 2012 2:01 pm Featured Articles, Home Sweet Home, Safety At HomeThere are two seemingly irrefutable laws when it comes to smoke detectors: 1- The low battery chirp will only occur between the hours of midnight and 5 a.m., and 2- once you think you’ve figured out the offending device, it will take forever to give a confirming chirp. So why do we put up with smoke detectors? [...]
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Pledge to be Prepared, Disasters Can Happen to You
September 20, 2012 2:32 pm Featured Articles, Home Sweet Home, Safety At HomeIf you’re like many people you probably think a natural disaster will never happen in your town. You say things like, “I’ve lived here for X number of years and it hasn’t happened yet.” Or if you’re like me, you probably think it won’t affect you if disaster does strike your town. It was Friday, [...]
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Keep Your Home Healthy with Gutters
September 14, 2012 2:31 pm Conversation Thread, Featured Articles, Home Sweet Home, MaintenanceEvery time I’m in my house and hear the rain start to pound on my roof, the only thing that goes through my mind is…gutters. Were you expecting me to say, lush greenery or a beautiful rainbow? The fact is, my home doesn’t have rain gutters and it needs them, badly. My husband built our [...]
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Are You Ready for Tomorrow?
September 13, 2012 1:15 pm Featured Articles, Home Sweet Home, Safety At HomeIn many ways, September is a month of preparation: Plenty of kids (and their ecstatic parents) prepare for the first day of school Fans across the country prepare for weekends full of college and professional football Farmers prepare for the fall harvest Gardeners prepare their flowers for the cold Odds are, even if you’re a [...]
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Labor Day Safety Fashion Tips
August 31, 2012 5:29 pm Auto, Featured Articles, Home Sweet Home, On The Road, Safety At Home, Safety on the Road“What is the point of Labor Day?” I simultaneously posed this question to both Google and anyone within earshot at the office yesterday and got back numerous responses; ranging from “the last day of summer,” to “a celebration of the American worker” and “a day to spend time with family before school starts again.” While [...]
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Put Those Flames Out! Why Every Home Should have a Fire Extinguisher.
July 13, 2012 1:17 pm Home Sweet Home, Safety At HomeWhat happens if you have an unexpected electrical cord fire? Or maybe you accidently leave your iron on in the morning? If you are like me, you might panic, not because I’m nervous, because I just realized I don’t have a Fire Extinguisher! Safety is my middle name and I have overlooked one of the [...]
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Fireworks and the Fourth: 9 Tips For Safe Celebrations
July 2, 2012 6:53 pm Featured Articles, Home Sweet Home, Safety At HomeI love a good professional fireworks show. I’ve watched the 4th of July Fireworks from the West Side highway in NYC. I’ve witnessed the pyrotechnics for what used to be the Windsor-Detroit International Freedom Festival from high up in a building on Woodward Ave. But I’ll admit — I’m not a huge fan of consumer [...]
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A Terrible Distinction for the 4th of July
June 28, 2012 4:46 pm Conversation Thread, Featured Articles, Home Sweet Home, Safety At HomeIf you’re like many Americans, you’re heading out on the road for the 4th of July. You might be heading to a beach, a barbeque, a family gathering or a fireworks show. Anytime you get behind the wheel, there’s risk involved. But over the 4th of July, the risk is increased. According to National Highway [...]
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Don’t Fall! 11 Tips to Prevent Tripping Injuries
June 19, 2012 8:29 am Featured Articles, Home Sweet Home, Safety At HomeImagine you’re walking through your house, exiting the hallway and entering the living room. Your foot happens upon a toy your cat lost interest in. You begin to stumble. Now if it were the movies, the images and sound would move in slow motion as your tray of meticulously prepared hors d’oeuvres begins to slide. [...]
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