Being safe and secure in your residence should be your topmost responsibility. But are you missing some big safety items? Take this home safety checklist for Baton Rouge and see where your house needs some work.
We give you five whole-home safety items, and then we delve down on a room level. Then, phone (225) 230-5215 or complete the form below to get your home set up.
General Home Safety Checklist for Baton Rouge
While you should use a individual room approach to home safety, there are some items that work for multiple rooms. These devices can talk with one another through a smart hub, and can even react to other components. You can also manage all your home safety equipment with a mobile security app, such as ADT Control:
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Monitored Fire Detectors: At the very least, you have a smoke detector on each floor. You can increase your fire readiness by utilizing a monitored fire alarm that looks for unusual smoke and heat, and notifies your round-the-clock monitoring team when it senses a fire.
Living Room/Family Room Safety Checklist For Baton Rouge
You’ll spend most of your time in your family room, so it’s the perfect room to start making your house a safer place. Electronics, like a TV or video game console, usually reside in your living room, making it a popular space for thieves. Start with hanging a motion sensor or indoor security camera in there, then take a look at all these safety protocols:
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Motion Sensors: By installing motion detectors, you’ll hear a shrieking noise whenever they sense unusual movement in your living room. You’ll want motion detectors that aren’t set off by pet movements or you’ll get your sirens go off every time your pet comes in for a bite of food.
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Indoor Camera: An indoor security camera gives you a constant watch on your family room. Watch real-time feeds of the area so you can see what’s going on through the mobile app. Or speak with family members in the room with the two-way talk feature.
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Surge Protector/Cord Maintenance: Safeguard those electronics and quit overloading your electric system with a surge protector. For added energy-efficiency, use a smart plug with anti-surge functionality built-in.
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Entertainment Center Attached To The Wall: If you have any small children, you’ll want to bolt your bookshelves and entertainment center to your wall. This is especially crucial if your family room has carpeting that can make heavy objects extra unstable.
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Enhanced Locks For Sliding Doors: If your family room uses a sliding door that opens to a backyard, deck, or screened-in porch, you probably know that the door lock is pretty flimsy. Use a special lock, like a bottom bar or locks that bolt to the bottom and top of the opening.

Kitchen Safety Checklist For Baton Rouge
Your kitchen has plenty of items that should provide safety to your home. Most of these items should be a snap to add and can be found in the a retail store:
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Fire Extinguisher: Fire can come from from a neglected skillet or an errant grease splatter. Always have a fire extinguisher at hand for any cooking emergencies.
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Circuit Interrupter Box On Every Outlet: A circuit interrupter outlet should be installed on outlets where there’s nearby running water to ward off an electric shock. That includes the plug outlets close to your kitchen counter and sink. Since the late ‘80s, it’s been required to have one circuit interrupter outlet per dedicated circuit. But if you don’t want your whole kitchen to turn off when one outlet surges, try to have an unchained GFCI per outlet.
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Monitored Carbon Monoxide Detector: A carbon monoxide detector is advised for spaces that employ gas for the stove and oven. If your gas burners spring a leak, the carbon monoxide detector will emit a loud, buzzing sound and ping your monitoring professional.
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Cleaning Wipes Or Spray: The largest safety issue in the kitchen is the viruses, bacteria, and contamination from blood from meat and dairy. Always store disinfectant wipes or a bleach spray to clean your area when cooking.
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Refrigerator/Freezer Alarm: The items in your fridge have to remain at a cold temperature to be safe to eat. If you leave the fridge or freezer door open, then a small beep will let you know so you can check the seal. Some fridges already have an alarm, others won’t, and you’ll have to get a fridge alarm from the store.
Bathroom Safety Checklist For Baton Rouge
Just because you may not have a lot of square footage in your bathroom there’s still safety concerns. From flood detectors to anti-surge outlets, here are five safety improvements for your bathroom:
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Flood Sensors: A leaking sink or bathtub can create extensive water damage. Deal with a water problem with a flood detector before they generate hundreds to thousands of dollars in ruined floors, walls, and fixtures.
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No-slip Bathroom Mats: A slip in the bathroom can be painful, causing pulled muscles, sore joints, or broken bones. Make sure you steer clear from these problems with a non-slip bath mat for while you towel off.
Children’s Bedroom Safety Checklist For Baton Rouge
A child’s bedroom should counterbalance safety with accessibility. If their window treatments or other items are safe but hard to manage, then your children may get around the device with dangerous methods -- like shimmying up a chest of drawers -- to open them. Here are some straightforward, yet safe, ideas:
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No Cord Window Treatments: Safety agencies have designated cords from shades and blinds a secret problem for both children and pets. Use motorized shades that kids can easily control through a remote control. Or even better, link your motorized coverings to your ADT smart hub so they rise automatically when the sun comes up, and close in the evening for added darkness.
Master Bedroom Safety Checklist For Baton Rouge
The bedroom should be an oasis, so let your safety items make you more responsive when you have an emergency event. After all, being wrenched awake by a loud siren can be quite a shock.
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Device Charging Area: We rely on our phones for so many things now GPS, news readers, time wasters, and --legend has it-- even phones. But, a depleted device will cut us off from communications if there’s a problem. To make sure your phone always works, a an easy-to-use charging station becomes an important part of your nightstand.
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Nightlight/Smart Lights: A plug-in light can calm you when you’re startled awake from a fire alarm or unexpected noises. If you won’t drift off to sleep with a small nightlight, install smart bulbs in your fixtures. Then you can have light on-demand with a button push or vocal command.
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Fireproof Safe: Store your vital papers like birth certificates, medical information, or banking information in a fireproof lockbox. Your safe can be a large one that is located out of the way or a slender portable safe that you can snatch when you leave during a fire or break-in.
Basement/Garage Safety Checklist For Baton Rouge
Most safety problems in the garage or basement are with your water or furnace. Finding issues at the source can stop bigger problems later on. So, as you walk around your basement or garage, pay attention to these critical items:
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Carbon Monoxide Alarm: It’s smart to have a carbon monoxide alarm in a place where a CO leak can spring up. If you use gas heating, try to put a detector in the same place as your inbound pipes.
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Wireless Water Shutoff Valve: If your water detector finds a hot water leak or a busted pipe, then you need to shut off the primary water line quickly. With a wireless shutoff valve, you can turn off your water flow from your phone. That’s helpful when you’re visiting relatives and get a water leak notification on your smartphone.
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Garage Door Sensor: Leaving the garage up causes all sorts of issues. You can lose a bunch of HVAC energy through that gaping hole, and critters or lurkers can just wander in. A sensor will notify you about an open garage door and allow you to close it through the app.
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Heat Sensor: A temperature sensor in your basement or garage is handy if you wonder about your pipes freezing. The heat in these areas can be drastically different than the rest of the home, so you will need to keep a constant look on the temperature through your security mobile app.

Outside Safety Checklist for Baton Rouge
Your front yard, drive, and front porch are just as important to defend as the inside of your home. Try the items on this checklist to create a safe outside:
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Window Height Shrubbery: High foliage can give you some serenity, but they also block your view of the yard and curb. Don’t offer potential thieves an area to hide. Plus, tall bushes, shrubs or greenery around your structure can clog gutters and bring in pests.
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ADT Signage: One of the most popular deterrents for a thief is telling aspiring burglars that you use a state-of-the-art security system. An ADT yard stick by the stoop and a window sticker will tell ne'er-do-wells that they ought to keep walking to an less prepared score.
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Motion Activated Outside Lighting: Light is the best enemy to people who sneak around in the dark. Motion-activated flood lights on your porch, garage, or deck can shoo possible intruders away. Lights also help you see the walk when you get home late after work.
Call Secure24 Alarm Systems To Help You With Your Home Safety Checklist for Baton Rouge
While Secure24 Alarm Systems can’t deliver each household item on your Baton Rouge home safety checklist, we can bring you a state-of-the-art security system. With easy-to-use devices and ADT monitoring, we can install the perfect system for your family’s needs. Just call (225) 230-5215 to get started or complete the form below. Or customize your own system with our Security System Designer.