Home Safety Tips

• Get your domestic help's antecedents verified.
• Give his/her photograph as well as address to the nearest Police Station for verification.
• Get his/her background verified from previous employer.
• Avoid giving access to his relatives and friends.
• Avoid displaying jewelry and valuables in the house.
• Fix grills on windows and glass paneled doors.
• Don't allow any stranger to enter your house, when you are alone without finding out his identity.
• Beware of persons coming to your house under the pretext of repairing/selling.
• Keep side doors pad locked and main door bolted.
• Use slam-shut locks instead of pad locks. Install magic eye and safety chains on doors.
• Look through the magic eye and ensure the door chain is secure before opening the door to a stranger.
• Leave a light switched on when you go out of town. Inform your neighbors about your absence from your home for a long or short period.
• Insure all valuable properties like VCR, TV etc.
• Mark valuables with an identification number like your Ration Card, Passport or
• Install an alarm system and learn how to use it. Monitor your alarm system and arrange for guard response. Stow away ladders and stools.
• Make your home appear lived in. Don't keep huge amount of cash and ornaments in the house. Use bank lockers.
• Don't sleep near an open window during the night.
• Don't disturb the scene, if you notice theft in your house, wait for the arrival of police otherwise it will lead to tampering of evidence like fingerprints, footprints etc.
• Don't wear heavy ornaments while traveling alone.
• Don't open your bag-containing valuable like cash and ornaments, while traveling in public places.
• Don't go alone with cash and jewelry during the nighttime.
• Do not record a message on answering machine telling people you are on holiday or away.