Category: Security

Security Preventing Crime in Your HOA
2006 Dec Preventing Crime in Your HOA

Even with crime rates decreasing and cities improving their safety profiles, crime and public safety are still issues we all must deal with in both urban and suburban environments. One of the worst things a board/management team can do i…

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Security The Red Cross of New Jersey
2005 Dec The Red Cross of New Jersey

Whenever an unexpected crisis arises, be it a severe winter storm, a fire, or a national emergency like 9/11 or Hurricane Katrina, there's one constant—one symbol that people associate with beginning the struggle back to normalcy. That s…

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Security Emergency Training for your HOA Staff
2005 Dec Emergency Training for your HOA Staff

Be Prepared" is not just a timeworn motto—it's a piece of advice that can save lives, property, and countless dollars. While the average person doesn't really think that they'll be a victim of a fire, flood, earthquake, or even a terrori…

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Security Miminizing Ice and Snow Damage
2005 Dec Miminizing Ice and Snow Damage

Winter's a tough time of year. Sure making snowmen, skiing, and cozying up to a warm fire at night during a snowstorm are all fun activities but letting ice build up in your townhome's roof gutters can lead to major headaches and unnecessar…

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Security Reducing the Risk of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
2005 Dec Reducing the Risk of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

You can't see it, smell it, or touch it, but there's some of it in your home right now—and at a certain level, it becomes deadly. It's carbon monoxide, or CO, and nearly 500 people die each year as a result of CO poisoning. According t…

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Security Safety and Training for HOA Staff
2005 Dec Safety and Training for HOA Staff

Throughout her career as a safety management consultant and certified safety professional, Deb Potter Ph.D. has heard her share of tragic stories about building staff members injured on the job. "I've seen building staff members who ha…

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Security Emergency Management in New Jersey
2005 Dec Emergency Management in New Jersey

New Jersey is the Garden State, but it also might be called the Heavy Rain, Flood and Storm State. "Not only do we have the coast, but we have hundreds of miles of rivers and bays, which does make us prone," says Hillary Cummons, a spoke…

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Security Fencing Options for Suburban Developments
2004 Dec Fencing Options for Suburban Developments

The fencing around the perimeter of your community not only helps keep the property secure, but is an aesthetic element that—if designed and maintained properly—can add significant value to residents' homes. Because of the surge in fence…

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Security Hiring the Right People
2004 Dec Hiring the Right People

What's a "problem employee?" The guy who corners you at your desk and tells endless stories about his weekend in Maine? The grocery sacker who always puts the canned goods on top of the bread? Or is it the association staff member with a…

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Security Fire Safety in Homeowner Associations
2004 Dec Fire Safety in Homeowner Associations

In January of this year, a devastating blaze ripped through an Edison apartment building in Edison leaving one woman dead, five people injured and up to 100 others homeless. In March, a space heater ignited a mattress causing a fire that gu…

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