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Category: Home Security & Safety
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Daylight Saving and Security: How East Tennessee Homeowners Can Prepare for Darker Evenings
Read More →: Daylight Saving and Security: How East Tennessee Homeowners Can Prepare for Darker EveningsWhen daylight saving time ends on Sunday, November 1, 2026, East Tennessee evenings will get darker earlier almost overnight. That simple clock change can affect everyday routines: arriving home from work, walking the dog, unloading groceries, checking on children after school, and keeping an eye on doors, driveways, and outdoor spaces. A strong daylight saving…
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Smart Home Security for the Fall: How East Tennessee Homeowners Use Apps, Cameras, and Automation as Schedules Change
Read More →: Smart Home Security for the Fall: How East Tennessee Homeowners Use Apps, Cameras, and Automation as Schedules ChangeFall has a way of changing a household’s routine all at once. School schedules settle in, workdays get busier, activities run later, holiday travel starts to take shape, and daylight fades earlier each evening. For East Tennessee homeowners, these shifts are a good reason to revisit how their home security system supports everyday life. That…
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National Preparedness Month in East Tennessee: A Family Emergency Plan and Home Safety Checklist
Read More →: National Preparedness Month in East Tennessee: A Family Emergency Plan and Home Safety ChecklistSeptember is National Preparedness Month, a timely reminder that the best moment to prepare for an emergency is before one begins. For families in Knoxville, Johnson City, and across East Tennessee, that means having a plan for severe weather, power outages, home fires, carbon monoxide, and situations that may require a quick evacuation. As the…
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Beyond Break-Ins: How East Tennessee Families Use a Home Security Monitoring System to Protect Their Homes Year-Round
Read More →: Beyond Break-Ins: How East Tennessee Families Use a Home Security Monitoring System to Protect Their Homes Year-RoundMost East Tennessee homeowners think about home security the same way: a motion sensor trips, an alarm goes off, someone calls. That picture covers the basics, but it misses the risks that actually displace families and rack up insurance claims: a slow pipe freeze in a crawl space, carbon monoxide building in a sealed garage,…
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Beware of Door Knockers!
Read More →: Beware of Door Knockers!Summer is in full swing and the scammers are hard at work. Each year around summertime our local community experiences a wave of door-to-door home security salesmen offering empty promises. Many of these salesmen use unscrupulous sales tactics to push their products. Meaning it is important to know the signs of a scam to be…