Chad McDuffie reported that his team at Reviews.com recently completed an extensive study comparing home security systems, which not only rates the systems but provides advice for ordering, installing, and using the top home security systems. This should be helpful if you are considering the installation of a security system for your barn or areas within your barn. Read the reviews here>>>
The following articles were authored by laurieloveman
UC Davis has a bulletin about damaging wildfire smoke and how to protect (as much as possible) yourself and your horses. Go to this site to benefit from the information.
A recent article submitted to the Huffington Post is a plea to save the lives of thousands of animals currently at risk or having already lost their lives in potentially preventable barn fires in Canada. Please take a few minutes to read this article.
I recently heard from Wilson White, a Content Marketing Specialist at ConsumerAffairs.com (https://www.consumeraffairs.com/), who offers helpful information about some of the major security system companies in the United States that can help you determine the best system if you’re considering installing (or having installed) a security system for your home and barn. Visit https://www.consumeraffairs.com/homeowners/aaa_alarm_systems.html . Mr. White can also be contacted at (918) 280-8144 if you have specific questions.
The April 28, 2017 issue of The Horse has a valuable article about the effect of wildfire smoke on horses’ respiratory systems. Click here to read it now!
Are you ready to face a wildfire? I’d like to remind everyone of an excellent article by Alayne Renee Blickle that was first published in THE HORSE in 2013. Alayne provides easy-to-follow tips to help you make your own evacuation plan now, before (and hopefully never) you need to put your plan into action. Alayne’s article is important enough that you should take another look at it if you’ve read it before, or please do take the time to read her article if it is new to you. The link is: http://cs.thehorse.com/blogs/smart-horse-keeping/archive/2013/09/17/tips-for-developing-a-firewise-evacuation-plan.aspx . You’ll also enjoy Alayne’s website, http://www.horsesforcleanwater.com . She has great information for improving all areas of your farm.
Also, be sure to read the comment from Sarah in response to Alayne’s article, and visit her Silhouette Farm website, http://www.silhouettefarm.com to see photographs and read her narrative of her experience in the 2008 Triangle-Complex fire in California.
One frequent cause of barn fires in the winter months occurs when someone attempts to thaw frozen water pipes. The American Red Cross has information about preventing frozen pipes in the first place, and tips on thawing those pipes if they do freeze. The fact sheet is directed to homes, but the information definitely applies to barns also. Take a few minutes to read the American Red Cross Fact Sheet: Preventing and Thawing Frozen Pipes before you take your tools to the barn.