If someone close to you is leaving home to embark on University life, personal alarms can ensure they feel safe and offer students peace of mind for their first time away from home.
Moving to a new city can be daunting, especially if you are leaving your friends and family for a place where you know few people. University life has many benefits but it is essential to take extra safety precautions to ensure that you and your fellow students feel safe in your new surroundings.
Protect yourself with Personal Alarms - Crime levels rise around the holiday season and in the weeks up to Christmas it is even more important that you take basic safety precautions when you are alone in a new city. There are many things that you can do to ensure your own safety whether you are in your university accommodation or out and about in the city. Always ensure that your doors and windows are locked, as refraining from doing this can provide thieves with easy access to your belongings. For a student, danger can present itself in a number of locations, for example when you are waiting for public transport or walking home from a bar late at night. A personal alarm can help you feel more secure and will alert others if an attack were to take place.
Feeling safe can give you the confidence to explore your new surroundings and help you to settle in. Setting off a personal alarm will not only attract attention to disorientate your attacker and give you time to escape. The most important thing is to keep your personal alarm somewhere that is accessible. Rummaging around in your bag to find it will use vital seconds and delay your escape. The latest personal alarms can be worn as a bracelet or around your neck in a convenient place allowing you to reach for it if you feel under threat.
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