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Smarter Holiday Lights
Automate your holiday lights this season with Smart Lighting Control from Forest Security. Control your holiday lights with the same app used for your security system so you can disarm your panel and turn your lights on when you arrive home with a single touch. Best yet, after the holidays, your Smart Lighting Control can be used anywhere in your home to keep your home smart all year long! To add Z-Wave lighting control to your Forest Security System Call …
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Use Scenes for a Smart Home way to get things done
From: Alarm.com We all have things we have to get done every day. Some small, some large, some things more important than others, but it all needs to get done. For example, the kids are tucked in bed and you want to enjoy a movie. First you have to check that the front and back doors are locked. You want to hall light turned off and you also want the thermostat turned down. The alarm should also be turned on …
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Lincoln Park Home Invasion
According to police, around 9 p.m.in the Lincoln Park neighborhood, three men forced their way into a woman’s apartment. They struck her, tied her up, held her at gunpoint, robbed her, and demanded to know where the money is located. The victim, a 32-year-old woman was able to break free and get help from a neighbor in the 420 West Fullerton building. The victim reported that she answered a knock at her front door and the three forced their way …
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Forest can help keep your home cool and save on energy too
Forest Will Fix Your Summer “Hot Room” Problem Your thermostat does a fantastic job of keeping a constant, comfortable temperature in the room where it is mounted (front hallway). Everywhere else in your house is a different story! The kitchen is sweltering and the bedroom is too hot to sleep. Your thermostat thinks everything is at a perfect temperature. The problem is all thermostats only control the temperature of the room they are in. During hot summer months, your …
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Forest’s Very Own to run in this years FOP 5K
Forest’s very own to run in seventh annual River Grove 5K honoring former River Grove Police Chief Newly retired police chief, Rodger J. Loni, is running in this years River Grove’s Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 59 5K Run. His family and all the cops he has worked with over the past 45 years are there to cheer him on. The new Police Chief of River Grove, Chief Michael Konwinski, announced they were changing the name of this year’s race …
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Burglars Targeting NW Side Residents
NW Chicago Community Alert – Police are looking for burglars who have been posing as workers doing plumbing or construction work in the area in order to try to gain access into the homes of local residents. The burglars are targeting elderly home owners, distracting them and steeling small items including jewelry and cash. The recent burglaries occurred: May 11th – 3700 block of North Neva Ave. May 15th – 3400 block of North Neenah Ave. May 17th – 3500 …
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West Side Business Robberies
Police Warning: A burglar has been cutting power to Austin neighborhood businesses and then breaking in OAK PARK, IL: 15th and 25th District, Austin Area has been hit with recent burglaries to neighborhood businesses. In each case, the power is cut and then the intruder gains access by breaking the front door or window. In one other incident, access was through the roof. The burglaries occurred at the following locations: 4800 block of W. Fulton / 4-29-19 / around 4:05 …
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You Can Have A Smart Lock No Matter Where You Live
You love the aesthetics of your home, especially that architecturally designed front door! Or, you live in an apartment or condo building where the exterior lock-set can not be altered. But you want that new automated system that is controlled from your mobile app and integrated with your Forest Security System… Forest has the answer: Kwikset Convert is Z-Wave connected and works with many existing brands of deadbolts including: Kwikset, Wiser, Baldwin and Schlage. This allows …
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The ‘Kissing Bug’ Has Made Way to Illinois
The Potentially Deadly “kissing bug,” which can transmit Chagas disease, has been reported in Illinois according to the Centers for Disease Control. The “Kissing Bug” is on the move and has made its way from South America all the way into the United States threatening human and pet health. The triatomine bug typically hides during the day and becomes active at night when it feeds looking to bite an exposed area of skin to bite, such as the face, hence …
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Dog Trapped In Burning Home Rescued by Fire Chief
Grayslake, IL – Dog Trapped In Burning Home Rescued by Fire Chief Firefighters rescued a dog that was trapped in a burning two story home in Grayslake on April 9th. The home is located on the 400 block of Rock Hall Circle. Neighbors saw smoke coming from the roof and called 911. Firefighters arrived at 12:51 p.m. according to the Daily Herald report. Neighbors told District Battalion Chief Jim Weidman that the family dog was trapped inside the home. …
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