DEFEND YOUR HOME: SECURE & PREPARE
- Sat, Feb. 20, 2027
8:00 AM to 12:00 PM
- Sat, Feb. 20, 2027
- $67
- In-Class Time4 Hour(s)
What You'll Learn
Make Your Home a Harder Target Before Trouble Ever Starts.
Your home should be the place where you and your family feel safest. But have you ever looked at your house through the eyes of someone trying to break into it?
Are your doors and windows as secure as you think? Does your lighting help deter intruders? Are there areas around your property that make it easier for someone to approach unnoticed? And if someone did attempt to break in, would your family know what to do?
The best home defense plan starts long before someone reaches your front door.
Our Defend Your Home: Secure & Prepare class teaches practical ways to improve your home's security, reduce opportunities for criminals, and develop a plan to help protect the people who matter most.
You don't need expensive security equipment or a complicated system to make meaningful improvements. Sometimes the simplest changes can make a significant difference.
What You'll Learn
IDENTIFYING VULNERABILITIES — See Your Home Differently
Learn to evaluate your home's security from the outside in. We'll discuss common weaknesses around doors, windows, garages, entry points, and other areas that may make a home more vulnerable to intrusion.
MAKING YOUR HOME A HARDER TARGET — Layers of Security
Explore practical improvements involving locks, reinforced doors, lighting, cameras, alarm systems, landscaping, and other security measures that may discourage intruders or make unauthorized entry more difficult.
EVERYDAY SECURITY HABITS — Small Changes, Big Differences
Good home security isn't just about equipment. Learn how daily routines, visitor awareness, package deliveries, social media habits, and simple household procedures can affect your home's security.
CREATING A FAMILY EMERGENCY PLAN — Everyone Needs to Know What to Do
What happens if someone tries to enter your home while your family is inside? We'll discuss emergency communication, identifying safer locations, planning escape options, and making sure everyone in the household understands their role.
RESPONDING TO A POSSIBLE BREAK-IN — Making Smart Decisions
Explore how to recognize warning signs, contact emergency services, avoid unnecessary confrontation, and make responsible decisions when something doesn't seem right.
Practical Knowledge You Can Put to Work Immediately
This isn't a sales presentation for expensive security systems.
Our goal is to help you understand the principles of home security so you can make informed decisions about protecting your own home.
You'll leave with ideas you can evaluate and implement, whether you live in a house, apartment, townhouse, or rental property.
Who Should Take This Class?
Homeowners and renters
Parents and families
Individuals living alone
First-time homeowners
Older adults wanting to improve home security
Anyone interested in preventing break-ins and improving household preparedness
No firearms, concealed carry permit, or previous self-defense training are required.
A Safer Home Starts With a Better Plan.
You can't control every threat, but you can take steps to make your home less vulnerable and your family better prepared.
Defend Your Home: Secure & Prepare
Identify the risks. Strengthen your security. Protect what matters.
Register Today — Take the First Step Toward a More Secure Home!
Cancellation Policy: Students are required to cancel at least 48 hours in advance of a class date in order to receive a full refund. Classes cancelled less than 48 hours before the class will not be refunded, but student can be moved to another class.
What We'll Teach
Developing a Personal Plan & Home Protection Plan
Developing a personal & home protection plan is a key component of not only preparing for how we should (or might) react if confronted by a violent crime, but also how we might avoid violent crime in the first place. Within this lesson, Michael Martin explains that developing a protection plan is about much more than becoming proficient with a firearm or writing up a home invasion plan. It’s a plan that must encompass awareness, avoidance, and preparation, so that we’re less likely to find ourselves in a situation where we have no other option than to use our firearm, rather than more likely.
Upcoming Class Dates for
Defend Your Home: Secure & Prepare
2 Upcoming
Live, Self-Defense Lessons For Everyone
Parents, Teachers, Concerned Citizens, Business Professionals, Churchgoers, and anyone who wants to keep themselves and others safe
What to Bring
- Pen & Notebook
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We Educate. We Train. We Save Lives.
- Ongoing training to keep your family safe
- Next steps you can take in your training to ensure you are prepared
- Plus: Live Q&A with USCCA-Certified Instructors