Kasselman Security Services (KSS) provided the following security tips when going away on holiday:
• Inform their control room (account must be paid up to date).
• Test the alarm system, if your alarm is faulty, do not leave it up to the last minute to request a technician to come out and check the system.
• Inform their control room of any additional key-holders staying in your area.
• Suspend newspaper and magazine deliveries and ask someone to regularly clear out your postbox.
• Ensure that doors/windows are locked/closed to avoid false alarms and for safety reasons. Burglar bar/gates must be locked/intact.
• Ensure that your house-sitter knows how to operate the alarm system.
• Don’t advertise that you are going away.
• Preferably pack your luggage into your vehicle behind closed garage doors.
• Do not leave notes on the door, underneath the doormat or in the post box to indicate that you are away.
• Provide a key for KSS or leave a key with a key-holder so that the armed reaction can gain entry to premises.
• Cut trees/brushes away from alarm beams.
• If electricity goes off, make sure it is restored to prevent alarm from not working or food from spoiling.
