Every day, people all across the country are using public transportation to get to where they need to go!  It is important to be mindful of your own personal safety when you are a passenger. Following are some tips to get you to your destination safe and sound.

•    Avoid night time traveling, especially in country areas

•    Never ride in taxi cabs without working seatbelts

•    Don’t ride in crowded taxi cabs, particularly with individuals who are intoxicated, appear to be impaired by drugs, or seem excessively aggressive, tired or otherwise emotionally unstable

•    Get out of the taxi cab or off the bus if the driver appears to be driving impaired or in an unsafe manner this can include speeding, blatant disregard for traffic signals, drowsiness or a driver appears inattentive or distracted while driving

•    If other passengers are behaving erratically or you feel at risk, tell the driver

•    Be alert to your surroundings so you are obeying traffic and road rules when either attempting to board or disembark

For more Taxi Cab Safety Tips (including Fare information) visit: Safety Tips

If you are a traveler, whether for adventure, relaxation or business, you want to make sure your time away from home is not only enjoyable, but also without unnecessary hazards or danger. To ensure you and your family’s safety and to safeguard your possessions (luggage, cameras, money and the like) below are some important things to think about. It may seem like anticipating the worst is a negative way to look at life, but the truth is that a little bit of advance planning and preparation can make all the difference between a successful journey and a nightmare trip.

These are just a few important tips to make your travels safe.

Ensure that your insurance coverage caters to any kind of loss or accidents overseas. Your health insurance may reimburse you for medical care while abroad, but most health insurance plans do not ensure medical evacuation in case of an emergency from a remote area.

You could purchase a policy designed for travelers, catering to short-term health and emergency assistance, and especially medical evacuation in the event of an accident.

It is essential to register your travel with the State Department so that you may be contacted if necessary in case of a family emergency at home or because of a problem in the place you might be currently situated in.

Keep a note of the credit limit of your credit cards while traveling, this way you can avoid over charging and cross limits during travel. There have been times when people have been arrested for unknowingly exceeding their credit card limit.

To read more safety tips, please visit: Travel Security

There are over 36 million renters in the U.S., and based on statistics by the National Crime Prevention Council, the likelihood of a single-family home being burglarized is 15%, as compared to a whopping 85% for apartments. Burglars are smart, and know that people who rent don’t spend the money on security measures–and they are utilizing this knowledge to their criminal advantage.

• If you are depending on security gates and lighting provided by property owners for safety, you are not doing enough to protect yourself or your belongings. Following are some security tips for renters:
• Install a wireless security system.  This is an affordable deterrent to thieves, and kits run from under $100 to just over $200. They are portable and easy to install.
• Purchase Renter’s Insurance. Some policies are only a few dollars a month, and offer some piece of mind for a small investment. Plans can range from protection against burglary to fire and other disasters.
• Ask if your landlord or apartment managers will change your apartment locks. This is not usually the case–most often, new tenants are often simply given a new key for the same lock. What this means is that if a tenant made a spare key and did not turn it in after vacating the apartment, they still have a key to your place! Also, don’t ever leave a key under your doormat. It’s the first place people who want to get in will look! Leave a spare with a trusted neighbor or friend.

For more tips on Renter’s Security, visit: Renter’s Security

The best way to secure and protect your valuable jewelry, documents, guns and personal items is with a safe. Safes provide protection not only from “snatch and grab” robberies, but also safeguard items fire, floods, and climate changes. Most intruders only spend 3-5 minutes in a home. If these criminals observe a safe, the odds are quite good that they will be deterred from searching further for valuable items. A locking file-cabinet is easy to break into and will be one of the first places would-be robbers will look for valuables, as well as jewelry boxes–which can just be picked up and taken away.

Safes are particularly important for businesses and home-based businesses, where irreplaceable documents, files and computer records and archives are stored. A good number of businesses have been ruined due to irreversible damages by fire. (According to a 2004 report by the National Fire Protection Association, 2.3 billion dollars is lost annually due to fire destruction.)

Purchasing a Security safe is a valuable backup plan to your home-security alarm system. In the event that an intruder manages to gain unlawful entry to your home, you will have a 2nd tier of protection for your valuables. It is a small investment to protect your important documents, irreplaceable family heirlooms and any weapons that you want to out of the hands of children or criminals. To learn more about Security Safes visit:
Home Security Safes

Advance preparation is key for those times when the power goes out. It’s never expected, but the element of surprise doesn’t need to plunge you and your family into the dark concerning your safety. With some basic preparation and planning, you can avoid tripping over the dog or a coffee table the next time there’s a downed power line, a natural disaster or an overloaded grid.

Besides having supplies, take the time to make sure your home is prepared if the power goes out. Below are some supplies you’ll want to have on hand, and following this list is a checklist of questions to ask yourself regarding securing the safety of your home when the power goes out.

SUPPLIES FOR A POWER OUTAGE:

• Several high-quality flashlights. It’s a good idea to keep a flashlight in each room of the house. Conserve the battery life of your flashlight by not using it unless it’s absolutely necessary.

• A battery operated radio or portable television set. Especially in weather-related power outages, it’s important to keep up with important news updates and listen for emergency broadcasts.

• An ample supply of batteries. Flashlights and radios are useless without batteries. Keep extras in the house at all times. Make sure you know where they are before you need them.

TO LEARN MORE: The Power’s Out!