Change Your Clocks. Check Your Smoke & CO Alarms

On Sunday, March 10 states throughout the U.S. will turn their clocks forward for Daylight Savings Time. Holiday Park VFD & the NFPA encourages the public to test their smoke alarms and change replaceable batteries, if needed, when turning back clocks in the fall and ahead in the spring.

Statistics

Roughly three out of five fire deaths happen in homes with either no smoke alarms or no 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.

Source: NFPA Research

Safety Tips

Install smoke alarms in every sleeping room and outside each separate sleeping area. Install alarms on every level of the home. Install alarms in the basement.

It is best to use interconnected smoke alarms so that when one smoke alarm sounds, they all sound.

Test all smoke alarms at least once a month. Press the test button to be sure the alarm is working.

A closed door may slow the spread of smoke, heat, and fire.

Working smoke alarms are an important part of a home fire escape plan.