More People Getting Alarms Around Waldo

Read and watch video on NBC's Action news regarding home security due to crime scare in Waldo area of Kansas City. Other security methods include barking dogs, outdoor motion activated lights and securing all of your doors/windows.

What to Do if You are Attacked

According to Reader's Digest October 2009 issue relaying interviews with FBI agents and Security professionals, when attacked outside your home, yell "fire, fire" instead of "help." With most bystanders, yelling "fire" will trigger a response to come help or at least come take a look at the hoopla. If they hear a scream and a "help," then their self-preservation sense kicks in.

Craig Albright - 30 Years in Business

In 1999, Craig Albright's experience in the alarm industry since 1980 led him to Perry Atha and the locally owned and operated alarm company in the southern area of Kansas City. Perry knew immediately after meeting with Craig that his experience and work ethic would benefit Atronic Alarms, Inc., so Craig was brought on to run the service department. Now, 11 years later, Craig sums up his 30-year tenure in the security field with a question and answer format that can be found on the Atronic Alarm's web site.

Chimney on Fire

My neighbors nearly set their house on fire.

Apparently one morning a couple of weeks ago they stoked up the fire first thing to warm the house. The fire was nice and hot. Suddenly, they heard a roaring sound, and they ran outside to look at the chimney.

Flames were leaping out of the top.

The outside wall and the inside wall were hot, and they knew they only had a couple of minutes before the fire department would need to be called. So they doused the chimney and their fireplace with water and managed to put out the fire themselves.

What happened? There had been no chimney inspection or cleaning in quite some time, and apparently they had used one of those creosote burning logs and then stoked up a nice, hot fire. The creosote burning log burned up the creosote in the fireplace, but the remains were located in a "pocket" that hadn't been cleaned out and the nice, hot fire set it aflame.

Bottom line? Get your chimney inspected each fall. Keep your smoke detectors cleaned and working. It doesn't just happen to "other people." Stay safe.