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What are you Doing to Protect Your Home and Preps?

Do you protect your home and preps?

Written by Lukas Nicholson

Do you stay home all day? If you’re like many people you don’t. Eventually the inevitable cabin fever sets in and you feel the need to leave your cocoon. Even with all the home amenities that encourage people to stay home these days, eventually you exit the comforts of your residence and leave the closed walls behind. You set forth from your front door to experience fresh air, run errands, work, or visit a close friend or family member. All of these adventures require time-time in which no one is watching your home.

The most important investment you will ever own gets left behind. It is left desolate and unwatched. All your food stores, emergency prep materials, and family heirlooms are alone. It’s left unprotected by a few sheets of glass, a steel lock, and a garage and/or back door; all of which create entry points for unwelcomed guests. Even the newest most “technologically engineered” homes often fail to have a protection system that is much better than the cabin built 100 years ago. This leaves your valuables readily available either for robbery or fire; especially if you don’t have a dog.

Your Urban Home: Prepping to Protect

Let’s face it- a good crowbar, screw driver, or rock will get many people into your home; especially the people that were waiting for you to leave. This isn’t to say that many improvements haven’t been made in our homes or society, but it does say that that one factor often gets neglected- the protection provided by the technology of a new security system! But wait…your urban home doesn’t have adequate protection? As a prepper, I have realized that the equity in my home, and all the work I have put in my food stores, and emergency equipment should have better protection from the outside world.

Home security systems are often neglected in the construction of homes these days. Think about it, your home is built and then sold to you. Once you own it, you are responsible for your belongings and all your prepared goods. Why would the individual constructing your home care about the security of something they don’t own inside your home? Either the architect failed to put the security system in the plans of the home, or they wanted you to pay for the upgrade.

Either way, as a prepper you are left without an additional set of eyes to call local security or help when something goes awry. This factor is critical while you are off on an adventure. The next time you are considering adding new piece of technology to your home- don’t neglect the importance of the security system. The small price you pay for security will make up for the thousands lost in a robbery or fire. It will protect all the equity in your home-including your food store and emergency supplies. Isn’t that worth saving?

How Do You Protect Your Home and Preps?

What are you doing to protect your home and preps, if anything? Feel free to elaborate in the comments!

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    Glenn Sargent says

    September 15, 2014 at 10:19 pm

    Hi Jamie! How was the show? In answer to the question of protecting our prep. Right now, we are using locks. good locks. We also have dogs and guns, but our primary protection of our supplies are locks.

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      Jamie S. says

      September 16, 2014 at 8:03 am

      The self-reliant expo was great, I’m hoping to get all the pictures of it up today or tomorrow! It was smaller than what I thought it was going to be, but it was fun getting to roam around and see if there were any cool gizmos I didn’t have ;)

      You sound like us, we have locks on everything, but mainly to keep the kids out of everything! We probably need to upgrade to better locks!

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    Darragh McCurragh says

    September 25, 2014 at 8:53 am

    What you really need to consider is: are you preparing for the worst? Like power outages, EMP events, volcanoes, hurricanes? But rely on the power grid to run your perimeter security? We all need to think again!

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      Jamie S. says

      September 25, 2014 at 9:30 am

      That’s an excellent question people should be asking themselves. People need to take everything into consideration when deciding.

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    Horser01 says

    October 18, 2014 at 2:15 am

    Dogs and Prayers. Lol! Dogs are the one alarm system that will never fail. And they’ll think twice about sticking their arm in next to a rottie.

    I also have an app on my phone that does the flashing red and blue lights of a police cruiser… If I turn it on around the corner at the top of the stairs as they’re coming up the first flight of stairs it looks like the light is coming through the window. It also has a siren.

    Combine that with my mom’s penchant for cast-iron cooking pans and the fact I keep a hammer in my room… The hammer is so my brother’s can’t “borrow” it, but I’m sure if someone was stalking toward my bedroom after breaking in and getting past my dogs I’d be willing to use it…

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