Public Service Announcement: Check Your Smoke Alarms When You Set Your Clocks Ahead This Weekend

As the Calgary Fire Department has witnessed on many occasions, a working smoke alarm can be the difference between life and death. When you adjust your clocks this weekend, please take a few moments to change the batteries in your smoke alarms and carbon monoxide alarms. All smoke alarms, whether battery operated or hardwired, should be tested monthly and replaced when they reach 10 years of age.

 

Be sure to remind your friends and family to do the same. Smoke alarms save lives.

 

For more information about smoke alarms, visit www.calgary.ca/fire.

 

 

Onward/Working to reduce the risk of injury, the Calgary Fire Department is committed to delivering prevention-based outreach to Calgarians and encouraging citizen responsibility and safe practices. /2020 Sustainability Direction: By 2020, The City of Calgary’s recordable injury rate is best in class for Canadian Municipalities.

 

 

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