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Change Your Clock, Change Your Smoke Alarm

Working smoke alarms cut the risk of dying in a fire in half.

The Fire Prevention Bureau of the reminds you to change your smoke alarm batteries when you change your clock back from Daylight Savings Time, before you go to bed Saturday night, Nov. 5. 

The facts show it: working smoke alarms cut the risk of dying in a fire in half

Test your smoke alarms monthly; change the batteries this weekend; and right now — take a minute to make sure batteries are not missing or disconnected.

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