Safety In The Home

* Change the locks on doors and windows as soon as possible.

* Replace wooden doors with steel/metal doors. 

* Install security systems, additional locks, window bars, poles to wedge against doors, an electronic system, etc.

* Purchase rope ladders to be used for escape from second floor windows.

* Install smoke detectors and purchase fire extinguishers for each floor in the house/apartment.

* Install an outside lighting system that lights up when a person is coming close to the house.

* Teach the children how to use the telephone to make a collect call to a friend, minister or relative in the event the abuser takes the children.

* Tell people who take care of the children which people have permission to pick up the children and that the abuser is not permitted to do so.