Check Batteries In Home Safety Devices

EL CERRITO, CA — We changed our clocks over the weekend back to standard time, but did you remember to change the batteries in your smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors?

Two-thirds of home fire deaths occur in homes without a working smoke alarm, according to the National Fire Protection Agency. With earlier warnings, people have more time to escape a burning structure and call 911.

Unless homes are equipped with the new 10-year battery smoke and carbon monoxide alarms, batteries in the detectors should be changed annually.

Fire officials recommend smoke and carbon monoxide detectors be installed in rooms where people sleep and on every level of a home, including basements.

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