Checklist For Setting Up Your New Home

This is a checklist of often overlooked items that will help you feel confident about safety in your new home. 

• Re-key all door locks.
• Consider a monitored alarm system with smoke detection.
• Install outside flood lights with motion sensors.
• Install smoke detectors no more than 15 feet from each bedroom and test monthly.
• Install carbon monoxide detectors. Place in occupied bedrooms.
• Have a Fire Ladder available for 2nd floor bedrooms.
• Keep a working fire extinguisher in the kitchen.
• Know where to turn off Electric, Water, and Gas in an emergency.
• Test water heater Pressure Temperature Relief Valve 2 times a year.
• Clean wood burning fireplace chimneys as needed.
• Have a working Flashlight available for power outages.
• Protect small children from falling out of windows with low sill heights.