Home Safety

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Learn About Home Safety

Practice safety

Practice Safety at home by following a regular routine of good safety practices. Our Home Safety section is designed to help you check your safety habits.

Encourage burglars to steer clear of your home

Approximately one burglary occurs every 15 seconds in the U.S. each year. Home security has become an important issue for everyone, no matter where you live. While there's no foolproof way to stop every break-in, nine out of ten burglaries are preventable. These tips will help you protect your home and possessions from theft.

Be prepared before catastrophe strikes

The best maintained homes can still be damaged by catastrophe. Being prepared may help you minimize damage to your home. More important, it will help you know what to do to help ensure your safety and the safety of your family. Be Prepared for Disaster offers tips on preparing before a disaster strikes, checklists for supplies, and suggestions for handling any special situation you, a family member or friend may face.

Help prevent home fires

Help Prevent Home Fires by making your home a safer place to live. With every heating season comes an increase in home fires. While no home is fireproof, there are many things to do to make your home safe. Check out our Mobile Home Fire Prevention Tips to find out what you can do to help prevent a fire in your mobile home. We’ve included tips on Furnace Safety, Space Heaters, Fireplaces and Woodstoves, Electrical Hazards and Water Heaters.

Complete a personal property inventory

If your mobile home was damaged by fire, or a burglar made off with your valuables, would you remember the details of your possessions? If asked, could you recall your TV’s screen size and brand name? How about your camera or video camera? Do you remember when and where you bought these items and how much they cost?

If your belongings are stolen or destroyed, your insurance company will ask you to provide a record of them. Without an inventory, important details are sure to escape you. Add the trauma and stress a major loss can cause, and inevitably, you’ll forget items. Save yourself time, money and frustration by planning ahead and completing a personal property inventory.

Prepare for spring storms

Along with flowers and warmer weather, spring can bring something that's not so pleasant--the threat of severe weather. Tornadoes, thunderstorms and windstorms can damage or destroy entire neighborhoods within minutes. Learn how to protect yourself and your family when storms strike.

Protect your mobile home from water damage

Water damage – whether caused by leaks or condensation – can cause permanent structural damage to your mobile home and erode its strength. Water damage from poor or infrequent maintenance, neglect or general deterioration usually isn’t covered by insurance.  So, it’s a good idea to prevent messy and costly damage by properly maintaining your home.