Change Your Smoke Alarm Batteries - Your Annual Reminder

3/12/2019 (Permalink)

Sunday March, 10^th is the start of daylight savings time. The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) has unofficially adopted this occasion as time to not only turn your clock forward one hour, but it’s also a great time to change the batteries in your homes smoke alarms.

There are no doubt smoke alarms save lives but according to the NFPA they can only do that if they are installed properly and maintained. Here are a few maintenance reminders.

Test every smoke alarm monthly. Usually this as simple as pressing the test button on the unit. Pick a day you will remember and do it each month. Get the kids involved, they are great source reminders.

Change the batteries in your alarm annually at a minimum. Daylight savings is a nice reminder twice a year to do this.

If you smoke alarms are over ten years old the entire unit needs to replaced with a new one.

A SERVPRO we see victims of fires each week. It is a dangerous and traumatic event. Smoke alarms not only save lives but give early warning and allows for faster response by first responders.