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How to Prepare for a Blizzard
How to Prepare for a Blizzard
Are you and your family ready for the snowstorm? Follow this guide to prepare for a blizzard.
Tips for Shoveling Snow
How to Shovel Snow the Right Way
Do you know how to clear away snow the right way? Prevent injury with these snow shoveling tips.
Tips to Stay Safe After a Snowstorm
How to Clean Up Safely After a Snowstorm
Cleaning up after a snowstorm can be overwhelming. Follow these steps to get your home back to normal.
Tips to Stay Safe During a Snowstorm
How to Keep Your Family and Home Safe During a Snowstorm
Ready for the snow? Follow these snowstorm safety tips to protect your family and home.
Tips for Renting a Car
Planning a Roadtrip? 5 Tips for Rental Car Safety
Planning a roadtrip? Enjoy your journey with these rental car safety tips.
Lightening Safety Tips
Lightning Safety Tips to Protect You, Your Family, and Home
There’s more to severe weather safety than seeking shelter indoors. Follow these lightening safety tips.
Find a Safer Rental
Tips for Renting a Safer Place to Live
On-site laundry is great, but can you tell if an apartment is safe to rent? Rent smart with these tips.
Landscaping for Safety
Landscaping Done Right: Safety and Savings
Landscaping is about more than just curb appeal. Learn how to keep your house safe and reduce energy bills.
Roof Replacement
Signs It’s Time to Replace Your Roof
Inspect your roof after major weather events and all year long to help protect your home. These signs show it’s time to repair your roof.
Tips for Driving on Icy Roads
How to Drive on Icy Roads
Icy roads are one of winter’s biggest dangers. Fortunately, there are steps you can take to stay safe. Follow these winter driving tips.
What to Keep in Your Trunk During the Winter
What to Keep in the Trunk This Winter
Low temperatures and winter weather can create hazardous road conditions. Be prepared for road emergencies with these supplies.
Car Safety During the Winter
5 Changes to Make to Your Car This Winter
Cold weather can be harsh on vehicles. Are you prepared? Follow these tips to help your car run safely this winter.
Protect Your Identity When Applying for College
Keep Personal Data Safe during College Application Season
Make sure your personal and financial data are protected when applying to college online. Prevent identity theft with these tips.
Teach Your Kids about Internet Safety
Is My Child Being Cyberbullied? 6 Questions to Start a Conversation
Approximately 1 in 4 teenagers experience cyberbullying before graduating high school. These tips can help you discuss internet safety with your child.
Distracted Driving
Teach Your Teen to Drive Lesson 8: Prevent Distracted Driving
Teen drivers are some of the most easily distracted drivers on the road. In fact, teenagers make up the largest proportion of drivers reported as distracted at the time of a fatal crash. Teach your teen how to avoid distracted driving with these life-saving tips.
Better Communication While Driving
Teach Your Teen to Drive Lesson 7: Communicating On The Road
Drivers cannot rely on words to communicate on the road. Help your teen learn how to effectively interact with other drivers on the road through signs and signals. Teach your teen these communication tips while driving.
Merging Safely While Driving
Teach Your Teen to Drive Lesson 6: Merging, Yielding and Passing
Timing is everything when deciding when to enter, exit, join, or cross traffic. New drivers have to learn to judge the time, or “gaps” between vehicles in order to make safe decisions. These tips can help your teen learn how to merge, wield and pass safely.
Keeping Safe Space Around Your Vehicle
Teach Your Teen to Drive Lesson 5: Safe Space and the Vehicle
It’s important to teach your teen how much space to leave to the right and left of the vehicle, so they can maneuver, change directions and avoid tight places while driving. Learn more about keeping safe space around your vehicle.
How to Follow in Traffic Safely
Teach Your Teen to Drive Lesson 3: Following in Traffic
Keeping a safe following distance (how far you are behind the vehicle in front of you) is key to preventing a collision while driving. These tips can help you teach your teen how to follow in traffic.
Helping a New Driver See Better
Teach Your Teen to Drive Lesson 2: Helping Your New Driver See
One of the most important aspects of safe driving is learning where to look, when to look and how to do it well. Find out how you can teach your new driver to see better on the road.
How to Teach Your Teen to Drive
Teach Your Teen to Drive Without Driving Each Other Crazy
Even as an experienced driver, you may find it difficult to teach your teen safe driving techniques that come naturally to you. These tips can help guide your driving lessons.
Avoid Ticket Scams
Financial Fraud: Avoiding Ticket Scams
A ticket scam can cost more than just a missed event. It can be the root for future instances of identity theft and financial fraud. Avoid ticket scams and financial fraud with these tips.
Clean Out Your Paperwork
Spring Cleaning To-Do List: Getting Rid of Paperwork
It’s that time of year again to focus on spring cleaning and getting organized – especially when it comes to important paperwork. Find out what important documents you should be keeping.
Don't Overshare Personal Information Online
TMI! Identity Thieves Target Oversharing Online
The internet is deeply integrated into our everyday lives, but for all of its benefits, it can also be a gateway for various types of identity theft. Know the risks of oversharing online.
Keep Your Laundry Room Safe
Mastering Disaster – Laundry Room Safety
Washing machines and dryers create thousands of dollars in water and fire damage loss each year. Learn some safety measures you can take in your laundry room. Keep your laundry room safe.
Identity Theft Protection for Military
ID Theft Prevention Checklist for Military Service Members
Military personnel can protect against identity theft – the number one complaint category for members of the military in 2014 – by taking the steps outlined in this checklist. Prevent identity theft.
Ice Dam Prevention
Mastering Disaster – Ice Dam Prevention
In the winter months, ice dams often form when snow on the roof of a home melts. This can cause extensive damage to your roof and home’s interior – but a simple tool called an ice melt sock can help. Learn how to prevent ice damage.
Protect Your Home Against Theft
Mastering Disaster – Theft Protection
Learn simple ways to make your home more secure and help prevent an intruder from breaking in. Protect your home.
Tips to Keep Your Hot Water Heater Safe
Easy Hot Water Maintenance Tasks
Did you know there are several ways to care for your hot-water heater in order to prevent costly repairs, curb energy consumption and increase its lifespan? Perform these simple maintenance tasks.
Home Wiring Safety
Know Your Home’s Wiring
Your home’s wiring is hidden, so it can be difficult to spot problems before it’s too late. Help prevent wiring from sparking an electrical fire. Learn how home wiring works.
Keep Your Electronics Safe During Travel
Tips for Traveling with Electronics
Electronics are as much a part of travel as suitcases or sun block. Make sure your trip doesn’t get derailed by your gadgets. Follow these expert traveling tips.
Your Guide to Windshield Wipers
A Guide to Windshield Wipers
Windshield wipers aren’t considered a safety feature, but they do play a big part in drivers’ safety. Learn how to maintain your windshield wipers.
Tips for Buying a Safe Used Car
5 Safety Features Every Used Car Should Have
Used vehicles can be a great choice for budget-conscious buyers. But don’t trade safety for savings when you shop for a preowned car. Don’t miss these used car safety features.
Dealing with Cyberbullying
After Winter Break: How to Respond to Cyberbullying
As winter break comes to a close, it’s important to keep in mind that while your family may have been on vacation, cyberbullying never ceases. Help your child deal with cyberbullying.