OwnGuard Solutions’ Blog
At OwnGuard Solutions, we’re committed to equipping you with expert-backed resources for both personal and family safety. Our blog posts provide actionable tips, detailed advice, and straightforward strategies to enhance personal safety essentials, emergency preparedness, and family safety solutions. Whether you’re looking to protect yourself, secure your home, or build a family safety plan for the unexpected, you’ll find valuable ideas here.
Stay safe. Stay prepared. Be OwnGuard.
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The Value of Learning First-Aid and CPR
What is the value of learning some basic first-aid and CPR? The answer is, it is invaluable. The average response time for first responders in America today is roughly 7 to 10 minutes. Of course, this time range can vary depending on your location and first responder…
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Building a Safer House of Worship
Faith communities have always been places of peace, compassion, and belonging. Yet in today’s world, every church can benefit from church safety training that helps protect its members while preserving its mission of openness and service. Each week, families gather to worship, pray, and support one another…
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How to Choose Your First Pistol
Are you new to firearms and looking to purchase your first pistol? Not sure which pistol to purchase? Have you received endless recommendations, but still are not sure where to start? We talk through several aspects to consider in your endeavor to find the right pistol in…
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Comparison of the Springfield Echelon 4.0C and Walther PDP Pro-E
Not long ago, I set out to upgrade from my Walther PDP SD. On paper, the Pro-E looked like the logical replacement but after some digging, I realized the PDP SD and Pro were nearly identical. In my research on Springfield Echelon 4.0C vs Walther PDP Pro…
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Considering a Medical Alert System
When it comes to getting someone the help they need when you cannot be there or when things start to become more difficult for them, a medical alert system may be an option for consideration. We are not going to review any here; but I do want…
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Trusting Your Gut
Over the years, I’ve found myself in situations where something just felt off. No sirens, no obvious danger, just that little whisper in the back of my head telling me, “You might want to rethink this.” Or at times I know that I should go with my…
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Choosing the Right Amateur Radio Antennas When Starting Out
My goal is to help you with choosing the right amateur radio antennas when you are starting out, or at least provide a couple of options for your consideration. This post is not meant to be an exhaustive list of antennas or antenna types. There are far…
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Gun Safe Decisions Don’t Need to Be Complicated
I previously posted a video reviewing a new safe I picked up. It wasn’t meant to spark a debate, but after reading a few comments and thinking through my own expectations, I realized something, we might be overthinking our gun safes. Or maybe not thinking about the…
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How to Stop Severe Bleeding
What if you were in a car accident and either you or a loved one were severely injured and bleeding profusely? What if one of your kids were swinging on a rope over a river and on the way back to shore they stepped on a broken…
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Signs That You’ve Gone Prepper
Although I’ve always been the type to keep a flashlight handy and an extra case of water in the garage, I wouldn’t have called myself a prepper. That changed about five years ago. My buddy Jim, and co-founder of OwnGuard Solutions, had been into preparedness for a…
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Check out our podcast, with some great guests in the mix, for real-world perspectives and practical safety and preparedness tips to keep you and your family ready or watch some of our videos with overviews, detailed tutorials, and more.
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