Nothing's more important than your safety and security. At Protection One, your peace of mind is our number one priority. We recommend the following safety tips:
 | Easter Egg Safety Tips |
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- Use one set of eggs for decorating and hunting, and another for eating. Or to be really safe, use plastic eggs for your Easter egg hunt instead of real ones.
- Keep everything clean. Wash utensils, countertops and other surfaces that eggs come in contact with. That includes washing your hands thoroughly with soap and hot water before and after handling raw eggs or cooked eggs that will be eaten.
- Coloring Easter eggs can be fun, but if you're planning to eat the eggs you dye, make sure that you only use food-grade dyes.
- Keep hard-cooked eggs intended for eating in the refrigerator until the last possible minute.
- Check the temperature of your refrigerator with an appliance thermometer to make sure that it is at 40°F or colder.
- Under no circumstances let anyone eat eggs that have been unrefrigerated (whether at room temperature or outside) for more than two hours.
- If you hollow out eggshells by blowing the raw egg through holes in the shell, you could expose yourself to salmonella from raw egg touching your mouth. To be safe, wash the egg in hot water and rinse it in a solution of 1 teaspoon chlorine bleach per half cup of water.
- If you plan to use the raw eggs you have blown out of their shells, cook and eat them right away — don't try to store them.
- When preparing hard-cooked eggs for an egg hunt, be on the lookout for cracks in the shells. Even tiny cracks can allow bacteria to contaminate the egg. Eggs that have any cracks whatsoever should be discarded.
- If you're hiding eggs outside, choose the cleanest hiding places you can, and avoid areas that pets or other animals might visit.
- Keep track of time to ensure that the hiding and hunting time don't exceed a cumulative 2 hours. And remember, the eggs that are found must be refrigerated right away — or discarded if the 2 hour limit is exceeded.
- Nothing lasts forever! Even hard-cooked eggs that have been refrigerated properly must be eaten within 7 days of cooking.
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Home Security Tips
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- Always be aware of usual and unusual activities in your neighborhood; immediately report suspicious behavior
- Secure all windows and doors that are accessible from the outside, including those upstairs
- Never leave a spare key hidden outside – burglars are familiar with typical hiding places
- Install peepholes so you can screen your visitors
- Ask for identification from service and delivery people before letting them into your home
- Install deadbolt locks on all exterior entrances
- Make sure smoke detectors are working and up to code, or consider adding a monitored smoke or heat detector
- Post emergency phone numbers by the telephone (including your cellular phone or pager numbers) for your children or babysitter to use when you are not at home
- Make sure visitors staying at your home also know your address and where emergency numbers are located
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Information above was gathered from: OregonRedCross.org, DuPageHealth.org, Suite101.com, Autotrader.com, dcu.org/streetwise, articlebase.com, and crimedoctor.com
