Celebrate July 4th With These Safety Tips!

Use these July 4th celebration safety tips to keep your family and friends safe during the holiday.

Children, electrical safety, Family safety, Home automation, Residential, Safety, Smartphone, Smart Phone, Total ConnectMarjory EarleJuly 2, 2018fireworks safety, washington firework laws, pool safety, home automation appComment

7 Tips From a Burglar’s Point of View to Keep Your Family and Residence Safer during National Safety Month

During National Safety Month, we invite you to look at your home through a burglar’s eyes to see what areas of your home you should improve to keep your family and property safer.

alarm, cameras, CCTV, Family safety, Monitoring, Residential, Safety, Security, Smart devices, VideoMarjory EarleJune 1, 2018security system, National Safety Council, safety month, alarm system, surveillance systemComment

May is National Electrical Safety Month

May is National Electrical Safety Month, the perfect time to inspect your home to make sure it’s safe when it comes to electricity. Follow our tips to inspect various areas of your home and teach your kids to stay safe, too.

Spring Cleaning: The Perfect Time to Do a Home Fire Inspection

Time for an annual home fire inspection. The perfect time to conduct your inspection is while you're doing spring cleaning. Follow our room-by-room guide to get started.

Family safety, Fire, Fire Alarm, Fire Extinguishers, Safety, fire inspection, 911Marjory EarleApril 2, 2018home fire inspection, fire extinguishers, spring cleaning, fire emergency plan, annual home fire inspection, DIY home fire inspection guideComment

How to Make Your Vacation Rental Safe and Secure

Renting your home as a vacation rental? Read our tips for making your property safe and secure as an investment and get ideas for keeping your guests safe, too.

4 Resources for Creating a Business Emergency Action Plan That Protects Your Employees, Business and Assets

Does your business have an Emergency Action Plan in place? If not, we recommend taking time right now to create one, as it can help protect employees, property and resources.

Commercial, Fire, Fire Extinguishers, Safety, business, EvacuationMarjory EarleFebruary 22, 2018emergency evacuation plan, emergency suppliesComment

Close Before You Doze Campaign: 5 Ideas for Getting Your Family Involved

Improve the chances your family members survive a fire by following these steps to "close before you doze" to keep bedroom doors closed at night.

Family safety, Fire, Fire Alarm, Residential, SafetyMarjory EarleFebruary 6, 2018Close before you doze, bedroom fire safety, closing doors in a fire, fire safety, fire exit planComment

4 Reasons to Install A Home Fire Sprinkler System

A fire sprinkler system gives you home added protection, helping to minimize the damage to your home and belongings, not to mention helping to keep your family safe.

Family safety, Fire Alarm, Residential, Safety, FireMarjory EarleJanuary 31, 2018home sprinkler system, sprinkler system, fire sprinkler system, fire, fire damage, fire safetyComment

5 Tips to Protect Your Privacy on Google Assistant

Learn how to keep you and your family's privacy from being affected by a Google Assistant. We provide 5 tips to make sure your personal information doesn't cause problems down the road.

Family safety, Home automation, Privacy, Residential, Safety, Security, Smart devices, Smart Phone, Smartphone, WarningsMarjory EarleJanuary 17, 2018Android, Google Home, Google Assistant, privacy, personal privacy, personal security, home securityComment

4 Tips for Protecting Your Privacy with an Amazon Echo

The Alexa microphone is on all the time, meaning it could be recording and saving conversations it's not meant to hear. Use these 4 tips to protect your family's privacy.

Personal safety, Residential, Safety, Security, Smart devices, Smartphone, Family safety, PrivacyMarjory EarleJanuary 9, 2018privacy, family, Amazon Echo, Echo, AlexaComment

3 Resolutions (and 1 Bonus Tip!) to Protect Your Home in 2018

Keep your family and home safe with these 3 simple resolutions.

Residential, Safety, Security, Smart devices, Smart Phone, Smartphone, Surveillance, Video, cameras, alarmMarjory EarleJanuary 2, 2018home safety, passwords, turn lights on, safety, home securityComment

8 Tips To Keeping Your Car Secure…in Your Garage

Keeping your car safe in the garage requires more than just parking and forgetting it for the night. Follow these tips to make sure someone doesn't break in and cause damage to your vehicle or worse yet, steal it.

Home automation, Personal safety, Residential, Safety, Security, Smart devices, Smartphone, Smart PhoneMarjory EarleDecember 20, 2017home security, garage security, car security, car theft, burglaryComment

Smartphone Apps for Busy Families with Busy Kids

Keeping track of your kids, whether at home, the mall, at extracurricular activities or at school is easy when you choose the right smartphone apps. Here are our "must-have" apps to keep your child safe.

Buyer Beware: What You Need to Know Before Signing Up For Amazon Key

Amazon Key is about to offer a solution to reducing package theft, but it may cause more problems with your family's safety and home security.

Residential, Safety, Security, Smart devices, Smart Phone, Alarm productsMarjory EarleOctober 26, 2017home security, Amazon Key, Amazon, security cameraComment

Earthquake Preparedness Emergency Kit Supplies

Are you ready for Washington state's next big earthquake? Follow our guide to gather emergency supplies to keep your family safe after the next big one.

Personal safety, Residential, SafetyMarjory EarleOctober 19, 2017earthquake, great washington shake out, emergency preparedness, emergency suppliesComment

Fire Emergency Action Plan: Create a Plan During National Fire Prevention Week

This week is National Fire Prevention Week, a great time to sit down with your family and map out an escape plan in case fire breaks out in your home.

Fire Alarm, Fire Extinguishers, Safety, ResidentialMarjory EarleOctober 10, 2017fire prevention, fires, home fires, fire evacuation plan, emergency evacuation planComment

Empty Nesters: 5 Security Tips for the Next Phase

If you're now an empty nester, it's time to review your home and personal security plan. Follow our five tips to prep for the next phase of your life.