Holiday Safety Tips to Protect Your Home During the Holiday Season

With high-quality wireless driveway alarms, SadoTech wireless doorbell, and other wireless home security systems, you can now secure your home from burglary and other insecurities during this holiday season. 

The holiday session presents a time for you to reconnect with your extended family members, meet with friends, or go on vacation. During this time, you might find yourself staying away from your home, probably more than you would at any other time of the year. 

Unfortunately, FBI data shows that burglaries occur in the United States roughly every half a minute. That said, you need to put extra security features in your home to ensure your property remains safe. Here, we discuss modern holiday safety tips to get you by. 

What Are Some Holiday Safety Tips?

If you are thinking about improving the security of your home during this holiday, the following tips can come in handy:

1. Embrace Technology 

A study shows that burglary is becoming less common as each year passes. This can be attributed to the growth of technology, which has seen that more homeowners can protect themselves better using advanced technological features. The most recommended ones include:

Using Wireless Doorbells

Even if you are not traveling away from your home during this holiday season, you still need to increase your premises' safety and security levels; a wireless doorbell does just that. It also gives you complete convenience and comfort. For instance, with a quality SadoTech wireless doorbell, you can speak with your visitors through the intercom system without revealing your position.

Depending on how you configure your system, you can choose whether to let your visitors in from the comfort of your dining room, home office, kitchen, or any other part of your house. The fact that your visitor cannot tell your exact position and you can see who is at the door helps boost your home security if a stranger decides to visit. 

Alarm Systems

Quality alarm systems can help protect your family by keeping them away from intruders. In case someone tries to break into your home. The alarm system will trigger and alert the police. The system also keeps tabs on kids, reduces insurance costs, and generally provides you with peace of mind. 

Outdoor Motion Sensors

Like alarm systems, motion sensors can detect movement in your company and alert you of an intruder. Motion sensors work by sending signals to your security system's control panel, alerting you or the police (depending on your configuration).

Apart from putting away burglars, vandals, and other criminals, outdoor motion sensors are more convenient and energy-saving. 

Wireless Perimeter Alarms 

A perimeter intrusion detection system from Guardline gives you the privileges of an elite-level security system. This system is an accurate value of discretion; it provides early attack warnings, intruder detection, and alarm verification services without warning the intruder about the tight home network security that is in place. 

Coupled with compatibility and rapid detection features, wireless perimeter alarms can be perfect for any home, especially now that we are in the holiday season and the winter is fast approaching. The outside gate alarms allow you to detect intruders from far away.

Driveway Sensors and Alarms 

With the doors, compound, and perimeter fences secured, the only part remaining is your driveway. With high quality, easy to install, and convenient driveway sensors and alarms, you can protect your home from intruders who choose to go through the driveway. 

The long-range driveway alarm will alert you the moment an intruder sets foot in your compound before they reach your front door. This gives you enough time to take the necessary actions. 

One of the most significant advantages of these post-modern technological devices is that you do not have to be at home to operate them; you can go on your vacation and still monitor your property remotely. 

2. Don't Advertise Your Absence

Even after taking the required steps to secure your home, do not tease potential burglars by advertising your absence either on your social media platforms or through word of mouth. Additionally, ask your trusted neighbor to collect your mail and newspaper if you are away. The neighbor should also be able to keep an eye out for you. 

3. Install Proper Lighting 

With vast technological advancement, you can set manual timers to turn indoor lights on and off during the evening and morning hours. You can also use security accessories + add-ons to achieve this. This way, it will be hard for burglars to tell whether you are away or at home. Therefore, keep your property safe. 

Is Crime Higher on Holidays?

The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) indicates that two types of crime increased in December; robbery and personal theft. For theft, burglaries are amongst the most common ones, given that many people travel for vacations or to their relatives' places. 

On the other hand, the same report by NCVS indicates that cybercrime is more likely to increase during the festivity period. 

How Do I Protect My Neighborhood from Crime?

During this holiday period, you can strive to maintain a safe neighborhood by:

• Making friends with neighbors
• Organize neighborhood safety efforts
• Keep up your yard
• Exercise caution when going out of town
• Look for ways to improve the lighting on your street

Do Christmas Lights Deter Burglars?

Studies from Defenders Home Automation suggest that Christmas lights can deter burglars. Take an example of a neighborhood during the holidays; if some houses have Christmas lights on, and others don't, those that have are less likely to be broken into. That said, the only reason why Christmas lights can deter burglars is that they like to operate unseen.

Trust the Experts 

During the holiday, the security of your home remains paramount. To achieve this, you need quality alarm systems, doorbell alerts, perimeter alarms, and advanced home network security. However, the quality of home security products you buy plays a part in determining your quality of protection. 

At Guardline, we sell high-end, easy to install, easily expandable, and affordable home security products. You do not have to worry about Wi-Fi connectivity because our products do not need third-party connectivity- they run on their power and radio network. Contact us today to get started. 

 

Contributing Writer: Erik Wickline