Security is not a one time
and you are done activity. It should be a part of your family’s daily routine
in order to constantly monitor and assess the risks to your security. Conditions
and circumstances can change quickly on an everyday basis as well as in a
crisis. These changes can alter your security requirements and your ability to
maintain a secure and safe environment for you and your family. You will need
to have a strategy in place to take these factors into account in order for
appropriate measures to be put into effect in a timely and efficient manner.
Effective security requires
a strategy that will determine the areas you are most vulnerable in and have a
plan in place to restore your security to effective levels. Each person should
analyze their specific needs and determine the amount of resources available or
what items or actions may be required to maintain their specific security
levels. Developing an effective strategy for your security will help you
minimize the existing vulnerabilities in your security levels and will allow
you to establish a contingency plan in advance. Taking a “wait and see what
happens” attitude may not be in the best interests of you and your family.
Most security systems
involve numerous mechanical and physical deterrents in order to keep things
secure. Unfortunately, mechanical things break and then they will no longer
function in the proper manner in which they were intended to provide protection.
If the lock breaks on your door, do you have a spare available? Or is your plan
to get another one in the morning and hope that “would be burglar” waits till
tomorrow night to test the locks on your door. It may be something as simple as
a broken window due to a rock from the lawn mower or an errant baseball that
found its target unintentionally. A simple broken window could leave you in a
much more vulnerable state. You may not even realize the window is broken if
you don’t check things on a regular basis. Do you have the resources available
or a strategy in place to restore the security of your home if something of
this nature happens?
The resources that may be
needed to restore your security to a proper level could be as simple as an
extra sheet of plywood stored in the garage, a spare deadbolt for your door or
an extra light bulb for an outdoor security light. Quite often it is only a
simple process to make effective repairs that will help maintain a proper level
of security for your home.
Developing a Strategy to
Strengthen Your Security
1. Check your risk levels
and any areas in which your security may be vulnerable on a frequent basis.
2. Make needed repairs as
quickly as possible to areas that have a direct effect on your security.
3. Make any necessary or
required changes to your security as soon as possible to minimize your risks
and increase your security.
4. Inform all family members
of the importance of reporting any situations that may affect the security of
your home.
Simple home security is
often determined by not only what we do to make things safer but by what we
have we do in order to maintain that level of safety and security.
Got security strategy?
Staying above the water
line!
Riverwalker
3 comments:
Love point #4 about informing your family about keeping your home secure. You can build all sorts of security measures in but if your family doesn't utilize them, it's all for naught.
Really enjoying the blog.
To: Survivor Mike
Point #4 should probably been listed first...
Everyone needs to make sure to include all their family members to make sure everything stays secure.
Thanks Mike.
RW
Having a home security system installed will help improve the security of your personal property. But to have lasting peace of mind, we should orient our family members on what to do in drastic situations. Being prepared will keep us ahead of risks that might affect our family’s welfare. If you can afford the time, try to conduct emergency drills every once in a while to sharpen your family’s ability to react to specific stimuli efficiently and instantly.
Fernando Severns
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