COLUMBUS, Ind. — Area residents will dial the clocks back one hour at 2 a.m. on Sunday, and Cpt. Mike Wilson from the Columbus Fire Department advises the public to use Daylight Saving Time as a reminder to change smoke detector batteries twice each year.
“Smoke alarms are an inexpensive tool for early fire detection that every home should have,” says Columbus Fire Chief Mike Compton. “You double your chance of self-rescuing from a residential fire when you have a working smoke alarms in the home.”
Public safety officials recommend coming up with a safety plan in case of fire. Develop two viable exit strategies from the home, establish a “rally point” for family members, and learn to crawl while exiting a burning home. You should have a smoke alarm on every floor, and outside every sleeping area. Additionally, if smoke alarms are more than 10 years old, they should be replaced.
Daylight Saving Time was originally proposed in 1895 to give workers an extra hour of daylight after work.
