Spring Ahead - Change Your Clocks, Change Your Batteries - Smoke Detectors Save Lives |
By BHFD STAFF | |
March 10, 2018 | |
Tomorrow Sunday, March 11th, begins Daylight Saving Time at 2:00am. As you spring forward and set your clocks ahead one hour, be sure to change the batteries in your smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors or test them if you have a new detector with a battery that is good for 10 years. SMOKE DETECTORS SAVE LIVES Three out of five home fire deaths result from fires in properties without working smoke alarms. More than one-third (38 percent) of home fire deaths result from fires in which no smoke alarms are present. The risk of dying in a home fire is cut in half in homes with working smoke alarms. |
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