by Sean Finch
We have homes, condos, or residences. We have automobiles and lorries. Many of us also have motorcycles, boats, recreation vehicles, or all-terrain vehicles. We have lockers. We have file cabinets. And we have safes. We own a business or perhaps a keyholder where we are employed. All these things need keys to either operate them or lock them securely. We try to put these keys in safe places, yet how many times have you had to hunt for your keys to find you can’t find them? How many times have you had to call a locksmith? We all misplace things, lose things and occasionally things even get robbed, and keys are no different! We always appear to misplace our keys at the most inopportune times. Thank heavens for 24-hour locksmiths! They can offer emergency lockout service for you at home, work or your auto.
Emergency locksmiths are always on call, so it’s simple to get the task finished quickly and affordably. Most local locksmiths can be on the scene in the hour to get you into your house or car and get you back to the things that are vital in your life. Car locksmiths can get you back into your automobile, can open trunks, extract broken keys, and even provide precision-cut ignition keys for all makes and models, including transponder chip keys where applicable. Transponder chip keys, incidentally, send a signal to an antenna behind your wheel. If the signal is detected and accepted, your car will start. If no signal or a wrong signal is detected, your vehicle will not run. This decreases the danger of your vehicle being scouse borrowed and will give you confidence.
If your house has ever been broken into, besides calling the police and your insurance company, one of the first things you probably did was call a locksmith. Most locksmiths can replace or repair locks on the scene. They even supply you with all new keys or re-key your existing locks for you. Keeping intruders out of our homes is necessary to us all, particularly after a robbery or an attempt. To further protect our houses against would-be intruders, locksmiths are capable of installing deadbolts, peepholes, panic bars, door closers and iron gates.
...20.07.10
She suffered only minor burns to her arm but was overcome by smoke inhalation and collapsed near the bedroom door of her home in Lady Nelson Way, Taylors Lakes.
The woman had a smoke alarm outside her bedroom door, but it did not go off until MFB crews arrived and opened the door.
"Think of it as an insurance policy, you never know when you might need it, and in many cases it could be the difference between life and death," Mr Stockton said of an extra alarm.
He also recommended people:
- have fire escape plans
- turn electric blankets on 30 minutes before bed and turn them off as you get into bed
- never smoke in bed
- extinguish any aromatic candles and oil burners before leaving home or bed
- keep portable heaters at least one metre from combustibles
- use photoelectric or interconnected smoke alarms.
MFB commander Ken Brown said: "This lady has done everything, virtually, by the book."
"She has had her keys in the door, which we encourage people to do, and had a working smoke alarm."
Source: Sydney Morning Herald
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