Daylight Savings: Move Clocks Forward & Replace Batteries

Our good pals at Palm Harbor Fire Rescue want to remind us that is that time of year again.

Daylight savings begins Sunday, March 11.

In addition to moving your clock forward one hour before you go to bed Saturday night, you should also replace the batteries in your smoke and carbon monoxide alarms.

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) says fresh batteries allow smoke and CO alarms to do their jobs saving lives by alerting families of a fire or a buildup of deadly carbon monoxide in their homes.

CPSC says two-thirds of fire deaths occur in homes where there are no smoke alarms or no working smoke alarms.  Here are some scary statistics. CPSC estimates there was a yearly average of 386,300 residential fires resulting in nearly 2,400 deaths between 2006 and 2008.