What cost would you put on your life or a member of your family? How many people have serious medical conditions or potentially life threatening allergy’s. We all seem to take that ‘it wont happen to me’ attitude when it comes to some medical conditions.
But just for 1 moment imagine if you suffered from a nut allergy and were enjoying a meal at a restaurant or cafe only to find that it had nut traces in it… you start to feel sick, you start to sweat, its getting harder to breath, you feel as if your throat is closing. Before you pass out you hear people saying what is wrong, is it their heart? Vital seconds are passing by, in a life threatening situation that is the difference between life and death!
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When we talk about home security we automatically think about burglar alarms, window locks and driveway monitors but there is much more to home security than just protecting you and your possessions against theft. Smoke detectors, carbon monoxide monitors and fire blankets are just as important at protecting your family home.
Majority of houses in the UK have been fitted with smoke detectors, but how many of those smoke detectors actually have batteries in them? A good number of deaths caused by house fires could have been prevented if only the batteries within the smoke detectors had not been removed or ran out.
Nowadays, many of the good smoke alarms have been fitted with a 10 year lithium battery, so no need to change, just check it once a week by ‘pushing the button’ and some simple maintenance such as cleaning (*hint : use a vacuum for this) the sensor.
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With the recent crime figures showing that robbery and burglary are on the increase (source) you won’t be alone in thinking about additional home security measures to help protect your home. We have talked before here on the CPP Blog about using security markers for your possessions and personal attack alarms for you and your family as handy, reliable home security measures.
However, wouldn’t it be good if you could actually hear people or cars coming up your drive or approaching your home. Driveway Alarms are an ideal way to help alert you that someone is approaching your home, garage or garden shed. Many of the driveway alarm systems available can have extra sensors attached so you can protect multiple areas of you property from the same source.
Driveway alarm systems work by placing sensors in the areas which you want to protect. These sensors send out an invisible beam of light, which when broken by a person or car or some other object fires off an audible and lighted signal to the base unit alerting the home owner.
Once alerted by the Driveway Alarm a person is then prepared to see who is approaching, and if required can call the authorities. Simple and easy to set up, these driveway alarm systems will help protect your family and possessions by deterring thieves or burglars.
It has been reported in the Daily Telegraph that crime has hit a new high, this is now the highest since 1994 – in the last year nearly a quarter of all adults in the UK have been a victim of either pick pocketing, shoplifting or robbery according to the British Crime Survey. This is extremely disturbing News for the Home Office who have been accused already this year of ‘masking statistics’.
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Passports check, tickets check, suitcases all weighed, perfect… there is always a buzz around the house when going on a holiday, no matter where it is. Every year we go through the same routine and every year we forget one important factor – the security of our home. How many of us are, at the last moment looking around for the security timer so the lights come on at 8pm and off at midnight?
There are many expensive security devises on the market but to be honest at this time of year and in the economic climate who can afford a multi point security alarm with sensors? One of the best and relatively cheap solutions is to install a dummy camera, these masterpieces actually look like the real thing.
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There are many reasons why we purchase a new bicycle, a few of us like the feeling of racing down a mountainside dodging boulders the size of a car, for some it’s about protecting the environment, a bunch of us do it for fitness reasons, however, for the majority it is all about having fun going on family bike rides. But for us all we need to learn how we can stop our new cycle purchase from simply disappearing out of site, forever!
David Cameron knows only too well that bike crime is a major problem in many of our towns and cities. Cameron had his ‘old friend’ stolen from a very public place and then had the British media reporting his loss with glee. It is estimated that as many as 100,000 bikes are reported stolen every year in the UK. Protecting your possessions can be easy, if you know how! There are many precautions that be done to deter thieves from trying to steal your bike, here are some of the best ones…
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The new head of the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) has been announced, Sir Ian Andrews will head Britain’s fight against serious crime. This multi-million pound organisation will work with the Police in its endeavour to cut crime. There are a few people who are shocked by the decision to make Sir Ian the head of this organisation, due to the fact that he has no Police training and spent most of his life as a civil servant.
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On a scale of 1 to 10 just how safe is all our personal information? Think about it, we have been advised by television ads, read reports, watched documentries, radio ads, newspaper headlines, telling us to be more careful about how we destroy our personal details. So, we spend hours of our time carefully tearing, shredding, burning all our old bank and building society statements and any other vital documents that hold even the slightest hint of a personal detail and then what happens… the wife puts it all up on a social networking site for everyone to have a good look.
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With the school summer break up on the horizon, many local residents are awaiting another summer full of underage drinkers and the carnage that this social smudge brings. Kids hanging around bored due to the lack of local facilities, coupled with hot weather and alchohol is an explosive mixture waiting to happen.
Police forces recognise this and some have started to make regular trips past known underage drinking ‘hotspots’. Only last week, the Police in Port Glasgow, had a clamp down on underage drinking. Commiting a large presence to the streets the Police force rounded up 15 youngsters who were caught drinking alchohol.
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