The Lee’s Summit Fire Department wants to remind everyone when they change their clock on Sunday, Nov. 6 to make a change that could save your life – change the batteries in your smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detector.
Approximately 80 percent of all fire deaths occur in the home. The majority of these deaths occurred at night when people were asleep and in most cases in homes without working smoke alarms due to dead, missing or disconnected batteries. Having a smoke alarm on every level of the home, outside of sleeping rooms and in each bedroom, can reduce your risk of dying in a fire by providing early warning and critical seconds to escape - but only if they work.
Most people are not prepared to replace the battery when the low battery alarm sounds and will disconnect it – leaving them and their family needlessly unprotected.
For more information about fire safety, contact the Lee’s Summit Fire Department at 816-969-1300, or visit cityofls.net.
