Posts Tagged ‘Apartment Safety’

5 Knife Sharpening Safety Tips

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Knife sharpening is essential for pro and amateur cooks alike. Keeping your kitchen knives sharp will allow you to cut through food more easily, which also decreases your chance of cutting your fingers on a knife that catches or slips off of food (instead of slicing through evenly). However, sharpening can be dangerous, so be […] read more

5 Accident Prevention Tips for Your Apartment

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Accident prevention is important for any residence, but particularly an apartment when space is limited and traffic is often higher. Making a few adjustments to your place can prevent serious and costly accidents. The following tips will assist you in making your apartment safe. 1. Watch the Cords In any residence an overloaded socket can […] read more

How Safe is Your Neighborhood? How to Use the Sex Offender Registry

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There are many websites that offer a sex offender registry for you to research and locate the residence of sex offenders in your neighborhood. However, only one is a collaborative effort between the United States Department of Justice and all 50 states that host public sex offender registries: The Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public […] read more

Apartment Safety: 5 Items to Have in Case of a Hurricane

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Apartment safety is important if you live in the part of the country where hurricane season is a yearly danger. Prepare your apartment with items that will help you ride out the storm in safety. Many of these items become hot commodities once a hurricane is on its way, so instead of battling it out […] read more

Apartment Safety: 7 Items to Have in Case of a Flood

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Smoke and carbon monoxide detectors are important in a home, but what if you have a flood? Unless it is an obvious threat, floods do not usually come under the heading of apartment safety. However, many apartments have been flood damaged due to faulty roofs or broken pipes. Storing some simple items to handle a flood threat […] read more

What to Do if You Have a Leaky Roof

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A leaky roof has the potential to cause major damage to your belongings, and it must be dealt with immediately. Homeowners have to worry about repairing the roof, but you don’t since you’re renting. However, you do have to let the landlord know there’s a problem, so that they can fix it.  You should also […] read more

What to Do if Your Apartment Has Been Robbed

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Knowing what to do if your apartment is robbed can protect you against future theft, protect others in your community and ensure that you receive insurance payments. No one likes to think about this as a possibility, but all renters in all neighborhoods are vulnerable to burglars, though some much more than others. If your […] read more

Apartment Safety: 3 Items to Have in Case of a Tsunami

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Apartment safety is a priority, for emergency preparedness and every day living. In the case of a tsunami, there are some items you’ll want to have “ready to go”. Staying in your apartment is not an option when one of these is headed towards you. A tsunami is the result of a large amount of […] read more

Apartment Safety: Five Items to Have in Case of a Tornado

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When spring time rolls around, you can’t control the bad weather. For apartment safety, there are a certain number of items needed in case of a tornado. 1. Weather Radio A weather radio is necessary to have in case of electricity being lost. Severe thunderstorms can cause power outages and are known to produce tornadoes. […] read more