Here is an early bird tip for you. The cold weather is starting to approach us, with beautiful days followed by crisp mornings and nights your almost sure to turn that heat up and when you do please don’t forget to check your batteries in your smoke detectors and your carbon dioxide detectors.

These are simple measures that can keep you safe. Whether you have electric heaters or you have gas heaters or a fire place always perform maintenance on these units before we get into a cold snap and let’s not forget the fire extinguisher you should have one readily available in case of a fire. Just having a fire extinguisher doesn’t mean that your safe. Your fire extinguisher requires monthly checks to make sure it has adequate pressure to release the chemicals. A little dusting and battery checking is all I ask. Have an escape plan as well if things really go wrong. You will thank me and so will your home.