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Security Checklist - ( Home Front 1995 )
Out for the Evening?
- Lock all windows and doors , and remove the keys from the lock
- Close curtains
- Leave lights on but not just in the hallway
- Better still, use an automatic time switch
Away over Xmas or on Holiday?
- Leave curtains open
- Move valuables such as the T.V, video and hi-fi out of sight
- Keep Xmas presents away from the windows to reduce temptation
- Lock the garden shed and store ladders inside
- Cancel newspapers and milk deliveries well in advance
- Take valuables to the bank
- Check that all windows and doors are locked and remove keys
- Ask a good neighbour or friend to check the house regularly and to remove the mail and free newspapers that are piling up on the doormat
- If you have an answer phone do not leave a message announcing that you are away