Change Your Clock, Change Your Smoke Detector

Daylight Savings Time ended at 2:00am on Sunday November 2, 2014.  When you change your clock, change smoke detector. Install a sealed-in lithium battery detector. Starting July 1, 2013, any battery-powered smoke alarm or combination (smoke and carbon monoxide) alarm approved for sale by the state fire marshal must be powered by a sealed, 10-year battery.

Smoke detectors do save lives.

• Install smoke alarms in every bedroom, outside each sleeping area and on every level of your home.
• Test your smoke alarms every month.
• When a smoke alarm sounds, get outside, call 911 and stay outside.
• Replace all smoke alarms in your home every 10 years

For further information about the different types of smoke detectors and how and where to install them, visit the United States Fire Administration web site by clicking here.