EFR encourages people to turn back clock, change smoke detector batteries
October 30, 2009
By Staff
NEW — 12:08 p.m. Oct. 30, 2009
Eastside Fire & Rescue is part of the national Change Your Clock, Change Your Battery campaign. The effort encourages people to change smoke detector batteries when they turn back clocks Sunday at the end of Daylight Saving Time.
EFR firefighters will remind people to check the batteries in smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors today. Crews will be stationed from 4-5 p.m. at the North Bend QFC at 460 E. North Bend Way, handing out safety information, stickers for children and free smoke detector batteries.
“Batteries may not last all year long,” firefighter Mike VanDenBergh said. ”It’s good to change them every six months.”
Daylight Saving Time ends at 2 a.m. Sunday.
EFR, Energizer and the International Association of Fire Chiefs sponsor the Change Your Clock, Change Your Battery campaign.
About 600 people under the age of 20 die each year die in residential fires nationwide, according to EFR. Many of the tragedies could be avoided with working smoke alarms. Officials estimate 80 percent of the deaths occur in homes without working smoke detectors.
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