Supreme Facts of the Week

Supreme Hopes You Have a Safe and Happy Holiday Season

How Can a Monitored Smoke Detector Help?

How Can a Monitored Carbon Monoxide Help?

Burgulary Rates During the Holiday Season

Property Damage caused by aging and faulty plumbing

Amount of Shrinkage attributed to Employee Theft

Smoke Detector Facts

According to Fact Sheet Prepared by Red Cross:

"An estimated 890 lives could be saved each year if all homes had working smoke alarms.

Sixty-five percent of reported home fire deaths in 2004 occurred in homes with no smoke alarms or no working smoke alarms.

Sprinklers and smoke alarms together cut your risk of dying in a home fire 82% in relation to having neither.

Only 26 percent of families have actually developed and practiced a home fire escape plan."

Sources: American Red Cross,* U.S. Fire Administration,*** and the National Fire Protection Association.

http://www.redcross.org/www-files/Documents/pdf/Preparedness/Fire/FireSmokeAlarmFactSheet.pdf

Carbon Monoxide Stats

According to a report on CBC.ca

"An estimated 414 Canadians died of carbon monoxide poisoning between 2000 and 2007, according to statistics provided by provincial coroners and compiled by The Canadian Press. Hundreds more are treated each year for exposure to the colourless, odourless gas."

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2009/10/22/f-carbon-monoxide.html

Christmas Theft Stats

As stated on an Article on "The Telegraph"

"According to research, burglaries rise by 63% during the winter months"

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sponsored/sponsored-features/8894203/Christmas-crime-Protecting-your-home-over-the-festive-period.html

Water Damage

According to WaterCop.com

"Property damage caused by aging and faulty plumbing is one of the most common home insurance claims. Annually more than 2,500,000 homeowners fall victim and the damages total billions of dollars in preventable losses. Valuables such as artwork, antiques, computers and electronic data, photographs, and other heirlooms are often difficult or impossible to fully replace."

http://www.watercop.com/overview.aspx

Employee Theft

According to an article by Carlton Purvis on SecurityManagement.com

"Employee theft was regarded as the greatest shrinkage problem in North and Latin America, according to retailers. Thirty-five percent of shrinkage was attributed to employee theft-an increase from 2010. And shrink, or unaccounted for merchandise in a store's inventory, is higher worldwide accodring to the Centre for Retail Researcher's Global Retail Theft Barometer for 2011 (GRTB 2011)"

http://www.securitymanagement.com/news/employee-theftthe-largest-source-shrink-north-america-009137