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Part 6: Home Security and Safety Checklist
Make a copy of this checklist and use it to audit your home:
Have you arranged to have member
of a law enforcement agency do a professional survey?
Are all trees and shrubs pruned
and well maintained to prevent anyone from hiding unseen?
Do any trees, down pipes, lattice
work provide easy access to upper floors?
If you have skylights can they
be removed from the outside or easily broken?
Any ladders, tools kept outside
to assist any potential intruder?
Are you guilty of keeping a hidden
house key outside the house where it's sure to be found?
Is your home well lighted with
particular attention to exterior doors?
Can your main entrance be seen
from the street?
Are exterior doors at least 1-3/4
inch thick and made from solid wood or reinforced with metal?
Do all exterior doors have heavy
duty dead bolts and reinforced door jams?
Can anyone gain easy access through
a mail slot, dryer vent, or pet entrance?
If doors have glass panels can
someone break through and defeat the locking mechanism?
Have all sliding glass doors
been protected from being easily lifted out from their frames?
Are all exterior lights and security
devices in good working order and protected from breakage?
Does the door from the attached
garage leading to the house have a dead bolt?
Does your overhead door have
a working electronic door opener?
Does your overhead door have
any loose, broken or missing door panels or hardware?
Do you keep the overhead doors
closed, and your car locked inside the garage?
Do all windows have reinforced
locking devices that can be secured in the open position?
Do all screens and storm windows
have reinforced locks?
Do ground level windows have
guards or grates?
Are basement windows glass block
or protected by grates or security devices?
All irreplaceable items kept
in high quality fire resistant safe or in off-site safety deposit
box?
Do you have a complete and current
video tape or pictures of all your valuables off-site?
Are all firearms kept secured
and apart from ammunition?
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