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Without Good Batteries, Your Smoke Alarm Could Fail You. Here’s How to Replace Them Properly

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Do You Know When to Replace Your Smoke Alarm? Here’s How to Practice Fire Safety in Your Home

You may not think about how well the smoke alarm in your home is helping to keep you safe until that annoying beeping starts, telling you that it’s time to change the batteries. But consider — when ...
Yahoo

Are You Using the Best Batteries for Your Smoke Detectors?

Replacing smoke alarm batteries can be a hassle. It always seems that just as soon as you've installed fresh ones, the low-battery warning is beeping at you again. Many homeowners wonder why their ...
WCYB

Time to replace smoke alarm batteries

BRISTOL - Springing ahead for Daylight Saving Time means longer days and that gives you plenty of time to switch out your smoke alarm batteries. Bristol, Tennessee fire crews say you should test your ...
Yardbarker

Are You Using the Right Batteries in Your Smoke Detector?

Replacing smoke alarm batteries can be a hassle. It always seems that just as soon as you've installed fresh ones, the low-battery warning is beeping at you again. Many homeowners wonder why their ...
ConsumerAffairs

How Much Does It Cost to Replace Smoke Detectors?

Compare plans tailored to your home & budget. According to the National Fire Protection Association, smoke detectors should be replaced every 10 years. While working smoke detectors are a must for ...
Hometalk on MSN

Why your smoke detector keeps chirping (it’s not the battery)

That random chirp at 2:13 a.m. is enough to make a grown man question his life choices. You changed the battery. You pressed ...
cnycentral

Change the clock, check your smoke alarm

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Firefighters are offering a reminder as we get ready to move the clocks ahead!The Firemen’s Association of the State of New York says you should replace old smoke alarms as well as ...
Daily Hampshire Gazette

Sounding the alarm: State, local fire officials urge residents to replace old smoke detectors

Massachusetts State Fire Marshal Jon Davine speaks at a event at the Easthampton Fire Department to remind people to make sure they have working fire detectors. CAROL LOLLIS / Staff Photo EASTHAMPTON ...
WGBH

Check your smoke detectors: Fire officials urge Mass. residents to replace outdated alarms

Massachusetts fire officials say it’s time to replace smoke and fire alarms purchased a decade ago after a change in fire codes. They urge residents to check the manufacturing date printed on the back ...
Post Independent Citizen Telegram

Change your clock, change your smoke-alarm battery

Communities nationwide witness tragic home-fire deaths each year. Approximately 1,000 children under the age of 20 die annually in house fires, an average of nearly three children a day. This number ...