Staying safe and secure in your home should be your largest priority. But are you missing some key safety components? Take this home safety checklist for Phoenix and find out where your house needs some work.
This guide begins with a few whole-house safety techniques, and then we delve down to specific room ideas. Then, call (602) 649-6096 or send in the form below for more information.
General Home Safety Checklist for Phoenix
While you should use a room-by-room approach to home safety, there are some items that work for the whole-house approach. These components can sync with one another through a smart hub, and often can react to one another. You can also manage all your home safety equipment through a smartphone app, such as ADT Control:
Family Room/Living Room Safety Checklist For Phoenix
You’ll spend a lot of time in your living room, so it can be the best area to improve your home safety. Popular items, like a big screen or video game console, typically are located in your family room, making it a popular space for burglars. Begin with installing a motion detector or indoor security camera in there, then continue on with some of these safety protocols:
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Motion Sensors: By putting in motion sensors, you’ll have a shrieking noise anytime they sense unexpected motion in your living room. You’ll want motion detectors that aren’t set off by pets or you’ll have your sirens go off each time your cat roams by for a bite of food.
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Security Camera: An indoor security camera offers a visual on your family room. Watch real-time streams of everything so you can see what’s going on without leaving your bed. Or talk with your kids in the room with the two-way talk feature.
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Surge Protector/Cord Maintenance: Safeguard those electronics and stop overtaxing your electric system with a surge protector. For additional energy-efficiency, set up a smart plug with a surge protector in the unit.
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Heavy Furniture Secured To The Wall: If you have babies or toddlers, you’ll need to bolt your heavy furniture and entertainment center to a wall. This is especially important if your living room has rugs or carpet that could make furniture extra unstable.
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Enhanced Locks For Glass Doors: If your living room uses a sliding door that opens to a deck, patio, or screened-in porch, you get that the latch is pretty worthless. Put in a custom lock, like a metal bar or locks that secures the door to the top and bottom of the opening.

Kitchen Safety Checklist For Phoenix
The kitchen has plenty of items that should provide comfort and safety to your house. Many of these objects should be a snap to add and should be bought from the a retail store:
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Fire Extinguisher: Fire can spring up from an unwatched skillet or an errant grease splatter. Always have a fire extinguisher in close reach for any cooking mishaps.
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Circuit Interrupter Box On Every Outlet: A GFCI outlet should be installed everywhere they’re by water to lessen the chance of a deadly shock. That means the plug outlets around your sink and kitchen counter. For 30 years, it’s been code to have one circuit interrupter outlet per circuit. But for simplicity’s sake, you’ll want to use a single GFCI per outlet.
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Monitored CO Detector: A CO detector is needed in kitchens that have gas for the oven and range. If your gas appliances spring a leak, the carbon monoxide detector will cause a high-decibel sound and call your monitoring expert.
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Cleaning Wipes Or Spray: The biggest safety hazard in the kitchen is the viruses, bacteria, and cross-contamination that comes with blood from meat and dairy. Always store cleaning wipes or a bleach spray to sanitize your area when cooking.
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Refrigerator Alarm: The food items in the refrigerator should stay at a constant temperature to be safe to eat. If you accidently leave the fridge or freezer door open, then a constant beep will tell you to shut it securely. Some appliances already have this installed, others do not, and you’ll have to pick up a fridge alarm from online.
Bathroom Safety Checklist For Phoenix
Just because you may not have a lot of room in your bathroom there’s still safety issues. From flood prevention to anti-surge outlets, here are five safety improvements for your bathroom:
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Flood Detectors: A leaking toilet or shower can lead to a whole lot of destruction. Find out early about leaks with a flood detector and save yourself from reflooring the entire bathroom.
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No-slip Bath Mats: A slip in the bathroom can be devastating, causing bumps, sore joints, or trips to the hospital. You can prevent these problems with a textured bathroom mat for while you towel off.
Kid’s Bedroom Safety Checklist For Phoenix
Your child’s bedroom should counterbalance safety with accessibility. If their window treatments or other items are safe but difficult to manage, then your child may get around the device with unsafe activities -- like shimmying up a bookshelf -- to touch them. Try these easy, and safe, ideas:
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No Cord Window Coverings: Safety experts have designated corded window treatments a secret problem for both children and pets. Install motorized treatments that your child can easily control via remote. Or go state-of-the-art and pair your motorized coverings to your security system so they open without anyone’s help at dawn, and go down in the evening for an easier sleep.
Main Bedroom Safety Checklist For Phoenix
The main bedroom should be a refuge, so let your safety devices give you peace of mind if you experience an emergency. After all, being wrenched awake by a wailing buzzer can be confusing.
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Device Charging Station: We depend on our smartphones for so many things now GPS, news readers, time wasters, and maybe even phones. The only problem is that an uncharged device can cut us off from communications if something goes wrong. To keep it nice and ready, a charging cord or station becomes should be used nightly.
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Nightlights Or Voice Activated Smart Lights: A tiny light can calm you when you’re jolted awake from an alarm or unexpected noises. If you won’t drift off to sleep with a small nightlight, put in smart bulbs in your bedroom. Then you can control light on-demand with a push of a button or vocal command.
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Fireproof Safe: Store your vital papers like birth certificates, medical information, or a spare checkbook in a fireproof safe. This can be a bigger one that is located in a corner or a smaller portable safe that you can carry as you escape during a fire or other emergency.
Basement/Garage Safety Checklist For Phoenix
Most safety needs in the garage or basement deal with your pipes or furnace. Finding issues early can stop bigger emergencies in the future. So, as you take a look around your basement or garage, pay attention to these crucial items:
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Carbon Monoxide Detector: It’s beneficial to hang a carbon monoxide alarm in areas where a CO leak can spring up. If you employ a gas furnace, you’ll want to install an alarm in the same area as your unit.
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Remote Water Shutoff Valve: If your water sensor detects a hot water heater leak or a broken pipe, then you need to shut off the primary water line quickly. With a remote shutoff valve, you can stop water flow from anywhere in the world. That’s perfect when you’re visiting relatives and get a flood sensor text on your smartphone.
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Garage Door Sensor: Leaving the garage open causes all sorts of issues. You can waste heat or air through that gaping hole, and all sorts of animals or lurkers can just wander in. A remote sensor will notify you about a forgotten garage door and lets you lower it with your phone.
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Temperature Sensor: A heat alarm in your basement or garage is handy if you wonder about frozen pipes. The temperature in these areas can be wildly different than the rest of the house, so you may need to have a close look on the temperature with your mobile app.

Outside Perimeter Safety Checklist for Phoenix
Your landscaping, drive, and front walk are just as imperative to make safe as the interior of your home. Try the items on this checklist to defend your perimeter:
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Window Height Bushes: Overgrown foliage can give you some serenity, but they also obscure you seeing into the outside. Don’t give potential thieves a dark shadow to hide. Plus, high bushes, shrubs or foliage around your structure can obstruct gutters and invite bugs.
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ADT Signs And Decals: One of the biggest disincentives for a thief is telling would-be burglars that you have a state-of-the-art ADT security system. An ADT yard stick by the front door and a window sticker will alert ne'er-do-wells that they should shove off to an unprotected score.
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Motion Triggered Flood Lighting: Light is the best enemy to people who lurk in the dark. Motion-activated lights on your deck, porch, or garage can frighten possible intruders away. They also help you get inside when you come back home on those dark, winter nights.
Call Secure24 Alarm Systems To Help You With Your Home Safety Checklist for Phoenix
While Secure24 Alarm Systems can’t install each household item on your Phoenix home safety checklist, we can bring you a customized security system. With alarms, security cameras, and home automation, we can personalize the best system for your house’s needs. Simply phone (602) 649-6096 and talk to a professional or complete the form below. Or personalize your own solution with our Security System Designer.