For many Los Angeles area homeowners, the last few years have brought a growing concern about property crime, burglaries, and home invasions. With crime rates remaining higher than pre-pandemic levels and emergency service agencies suffering from staffing and resource shortages – the need for comprehensive security is more apparent than ever.

Your home may already be equipped with a home security system that can notify your security company and emergency services in the event of an emergency. However, with a period of time between notification and first responder arrival that can last for up to 15 minutes or longer, you will be left vulnerable for longer than you think.

A home safety assessment can give you an objective view of your level of security, vulnerabilities, and recommendations for improvement to help you be better prepared for any emergency that could come your way.

What exactly is a Home Safety Assessment?

Simply put, a home safety assessment from Custom Home Safety + Defense is an expert-led, comprehensive analysis of your home’s safety to proactively identify vulnerabilities and prepare you for any emergency. A home safety assessment should assess all aspects of your safety and security at home and be conducted by a third party, not your alarm company, which may be motivated to simply sell you the latest and greatest equipment.

The importance of a home safety assessment cannot be overstated. It allows you to proactively address any potential hazards or threats that are unique to your home structure, location, and any existing security infrastructure already in place. Outside of security, a thorough, expert-led review also assesses house fire and wildfire preparedness and first aid readiness for all emergencies.

What to Expect from Your Home Safety Assessment

A home safety assessment from Custom Home Safety + Defense is led by a skilled consultant with extensive expertise in residential home security, law enforcement, and/or fire services. Through our combined years of experience, a comprehensive home safety assessment results in a completely custom plan for homeowners to maximize their preventative security and defense measures. Upon review of the plan of action presented post-assessment, our team can recommend and administer fortification and training opportunities to help household members prepare for any criminal, medical, or fire-related emergencies. Here’s what you can expect from a Home Safety Assessment from Custom Home Safety + Defense. 

Onsite Home and Property Safety Evaluation and Consultation

Upon arrival, our experts will conduct an in-depth survey of the entire area. Beginning from your street and neighborhood and continuing throughout and around your entire property, the team will identify potential threats, vulnerabilities, and risks. They will also consult with you on any specific concerns you may have for your home and personal safety. General areas of evaluation will include, but not be limited to:

• Electronic security and security monitoring – inspecting and testing any existing alarm system connection and effectiveness.
• Physical security – what vulnerabilities exist at entry points to your home, structural security in case of a fire or natural disaster, et.
• Cabling & wiring – examining your home’s wiring to ensure there are no safety threats or fire risks.
• First aid preparedness – how prepared members of your household are to provide first aid treatment in an emergency as well as available first aid supplies.
• House fire and wildfire safety – do you have a current wildfire escape plan (community or individual home), examining your home for possible escape routes and plans of action.
• Home defense training – assessing household members’ current preparedness to defend your home in any emergency situation.

Comprehensive Home Safety Report with Recommended Services & Enhancements

After your in-home safety assessment has concluded, our team will prepare a custom comprehensive home safety report. Our team builds the report specifically around your home and family’s needs and circumstances. This report will help you understand the threats to your current security while proactively improving the safety of your home. We will give you tailored safety and security recommendations. The report also includes specific referrals to services that will help you bolster your security and prepare for any possible emergency situation. Our solutions and recommendations typically include things like

• Home security & video surveillance system enhancement recommendations like early warning perimeter detection systems, video surveillance systems, night vision cameras, video verification services, increased fire protection, and more.
• Physical safety offerings to improve your home security like advanced lighting, door locks, window sensors, and more.
• Fire safety training & preparation to help you prevent and act in the event of a fire with training and safety equipment recommendations.
• Pre-paramedic first aid training to help you gather the tools and training needed to provide life-supporting care and appropriate first aid in an emergency ahead of first responder arrival.
• Home defense products and training – from lethal or less-lethal self-defense methods, creating a safety plan, identifying safe rooms, developing evacuation plans for the whole family, and the use of security alarm systems.

Take Control of Your Home Safety with Custom Home Safety + Defense

In an emergency, every second matters. And the first step in preventing and preparing for a potential emergency is evaluating where your current home safety stands starts with a home safety assessment. Our approach educates, equips, and empowers homeowners to take an active approach to their safety by understanding how to detect, defend, extend their safe zone, and escape until help arrives.

Custom Home Safety + Defense strives to provide Southern California homeowners with the education and preparation they need to take action during any emergency. Founded by experts from the home security industry, law enforcement, and fire service, our leaders recognized that between growing crime rates and increasingly unpredictable emergency response times, homeowners and community members are often left vulnerable in the critical time between when emergency services are alerted and help actually arrives.

We believe in empowering communities to take a proactive approach to safety through assessment, prevention, preparation, early detection of threats, and action when an emergency happens. Request a quote or call us today at 866-287-8667 to learn more about what Custom Home Safety + Defense can do for you.