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Ensuring Nursing Home Readiness in the Face of Power Outages
Nursing homes are responsible for providing a secure and nurturing environment for elderly residents. During power outages, ensuring resident safety becomes even more critical. Power Outages in Nursing Homes: Power outages pose unique challenges for nursing homes due to the vulnerability of their elderly residents. Interruptions in electricity can affect lighting, medical equipment, climate…
A Comprehensive Guide to Preparing for Power Outages
Power outages can strike unexpectedly, disrupting daily routines and posing safety risks. Being prepared is crucial to ensure your family’s safety and comfort during these challenging times. In this quick guide, we’ll cover essential steps to help you prepare for power outages effectively. Create an Emergency Kit: Assemble an emergency kit with essential items…
Shedding Light on Convenience: Exploring the Benefits of Light-Up Outlet Covers
Outlet covers are simple yet essential components that play a significant role in maintaining the safety and functionality of electrical outlets in our homes. These covers not only protect curious children from potential hazards but also safeguard outlets from weather elements and dust. In this blog post, we will explore the various types of outlet…
Illuminating Safety: The Essential Guide to Emergency Lighting Solutions
In our modern lives, electricity is the backbone of our day-to-day activities. From powering our appliances to providing illumination, we heavily rely on a steady flow of electricity. However, unforeseen circumstances such as power outages can disrupt our routines and pose safety risks. This is where emergency backup lighting plays a crucial role. What is…
Top 10 LED Lighting Picks for April 2021
The briteOWL is a commercial-grade power outage emergency backup light designed to snap on, requiring no wiring to install.
Cool Tools: A Common-Sense Feature Most Homes Are Missing
Cool Tools: A Common-Sense Feature Most Homes Are Missing
December 22, 2020
If you’ve ever stubbed a toe, stepped on a LEGO®, or bumped a shin making your way across a room in the dark, you know how challenging it can be to get around when you can’t see where you’re going. If you’re like many homeowners, you probably have a few nightlights strategically placed around your home so family members…
13 Gift Ideas Every Homebody Will Love
Home is where the heart is—and where a gorgeous new grill, shiny new Instant Pot, cozy clothes, high-tech coffee maker, and more may soon await. Gifts They’ll Use Time and Time Again. Any homebody will tell you Dorothy had it right when she clicked her sparkly red heels together and said, “There’s no place…
Average frequency and duration of electric distribution outages vary by states
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Annual Electric Power Industry Report (EIA-861 data file) Interruptions in electricity service vary by frequency and duration across the many electric distribution systems that serve about 145 million customers in the United States. In 2016, customers experienced an average of 1.3 interruptions and went without power for four hours during…
Important Facts about Falls
Each year, millions of older people—those 65 and older—fall. In fact, more than one out of four older people falls each year, 1 but less than half tell their doctor. 2 Falling once doubles your chances of falling again.3 Falls Are Serious and Costly One out of five falls causes a serious injury such as…
BriteOWL light-up wall outlet cover review
REVIEW – In May, BriteOWL releas ed outlet covers that double as nightlights and emergency backup lighting, without taking up outlet space. What is it? A replacement power outlet cover with LEDs across the bottom that turn on automatically when it’s dark or if the power goes out. What’s in the box? The outlet cover…