| The National Fire Protection Association developed its “Change Your Clock - Change Your Battery ” campaign to encourage people to change the batteries in their smoke detectors when they change their clocks with the end of daylight savings time. Smoke detectors should be located outside each separate sleeping area and on every floor of one's home including the basement. An additional smoke detector should be located in each bedroom. A few minutes should be spent each and every month to test smoke detectors to ensure they are operational. This is imperative since working smoke detectors provide early warning of a fire, allowing extra time to escape and as a result , substantially reducing the risk of injury and/or death in a residential fire.
The following information is provided in order to prevent a fire from starting in the home.
- When cooking, never leave food on a stove or in an oven unattended and avoid wearing clothes with long, loose fitting sleeves.
- Have your heating system checked annually.
- If you are a smoker, do not smoke in bed, never leave burning cigarettes unattended, do not empty smoldering ashes in the trash and keep ashtrays away from upholstered furniture and curtains.
- Keep matches and lighters away from children.
Safely store flammable substances.
- Never leave burning candles unattended.
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