Reminder when you change your clocks, change your batteries in your smoke and carbon monoxide detectors.

The National Fire Protection Association reports that 71% of smoke alarms which failed to operate had missing, disconnected or dead batteries, making it important to take this time each year to check your smoke and carbon monoxide detectors.

Every family should have a fire safety plan to ensure everyone is prepared should an emergency occur, and it’s never too late to create your plan! Some helpful tips and fire safety activities are included below.

• Three out of five home fire deaths result from fires in properties without working smoke alarms
• More than one-third (37 percent) of home fire deaths result from fires in which no smoke alarms are present.
• The risk of dying in a home fire is cut in half in homes with working smoke alarms.