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Did You Spring Forward?
The start of Daylight-savings time is a great time to perform routine maintenance on smoke detectors.
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March 11 marks the day in which you lose an hour of sleep until Daylight- savings time ends on Nov. 4 at 2 a.m., so be sure to set your clocks back one hour.
As you go about your Sunday routine, donβt forget government agencies suggest you use the start of Daylight Saving Time to perform routine maintenance around your home.
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DeKalb County Fire Rescue promotes regular smoke alarm maintenance to reduce fire deaths and injuries. Smoke alarms with working batteries cut the chances of dying in a reported fire in half. In addition to changing the batteries in smoke alarms, the following steps are recommended for citizens to ensure their home is fire safe:
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- Dust or vacuum smoke alarms when batteries are changed
- Test smoke alarms once a month with the test button
- Replace the entire alarm if it is more than 10 years old or does not work properly when tested
- Install smoke alarms on every level of the house, including the basement, and both inside and outside of sleeping areas
- Make sure everyone in the house understands the warning of the smoke alarm and knows how to respond
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