4 Tips to Make Your Home Safe on Halloween!
Everyone loves a good Halloween scare, but not when it comes to safety. On Monday, trick-or-treaters will be stopping by your home, and here at BB Insurance, we want to make sure that everyone has a safe and happy Halloween. Homeowners should take extra care in safeguarding children from the hazards around their homes. An unsafe domain can make Halloween a bit “tricky”, but these safety tips can help keep this holiday a “treat”!
1. Get your sidewalk neat before they trick-or-treat
Walk the path from the street to your door and clear anything that trick-or-treaters could trip over or slip and injure themselves. This includes gardening equipment, hoses, toys, potted plants, lawn ornaments and even Halloween decorations that block the path to your front door.
2. Make your yard spooky, not dangerous
Be sure to clean up before candy-fueled children charge through your yard. Remove dead branches, sticks and acorns, rake up the leaves, fill in holes and trim your hedges to prevent any injuries.
3. A well-lit driveway can still be scary
There’s nothing scarier for a homeowner than seeing a masked trick-or-treater blindly stagger up your dark driveway. Help them out by turning on all of your exterior lights and lining your driveway and sidewalk with lights or luminaries. Never use any open flames, which could lead to disaster and injury. Instead, use LED tea lights or other decorative Halloween lights to prevent a fire. These should also be used in jack-o-lanterns in lieu of candles.
4. Keep your beasts in the dungeon
It doesn’t matter if you’ve got a vampire bat or a kitten as a pet, a constantly ringing doorbell can be too much excitement for your animal. To keep your pet from sprinting out of your open front door and possibly injuring someone, keep them confined to another room in the house.
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