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Get ready to “fall back” this weekend. Daylight Saving Time ends Sunday, Nov. 6, at 2 a.m.
For most people, this means adjusting your clocks back one hour before you got to bed Saturday night (although most modern appliances and phones handle the task for you.) As you prepare for this change, here are some helpful safety hints for you and your families, courtesy of The Parenting Center at St. Tammany Health System:
Change the clocks, change the batteries. Smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors save lives – but only if they're powered by a fresh battery. Safety experts recommend replacing smoke and carbon monoxide detector batteries twice a year – so celebrate Time Change Sunday with fresh batteries all around! Replace light bulbs. Long, dark winter evenings call for more illumination. Since you'll have stepladders out to reach smoke detectors and clocks on Time Change Sunday, double up on safety – and energy savings – by checking your light bulbs.Practice your fire escape plan. If you don’t have an escape plan, you need to create one and then practice getting out of your home in less than two minutes. Familiarize the children in your house with the sound of the smoke alarm so they know what to do when they hear it. Also practice “stop, drop and roll” drills. And lastly, take the kids in your house on a field trip to your local fire department to meet firefighters so they won’t be scared of them if they spot them during an emergency.
Change the clocks, change the batteries. Smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors save lives – but only if they're powered by a fresh battery. Safety experts recommend replacing smoke and carbon monoxide detector batteries twice a year – so celebrate Time Change Sunday with fresh batteries all around!
Replace light bulbs. Long, dark winter evenings call for more illumination. Since you'll have stepladders out to reach smoke detectors and clocks on Time Change Sunday, double up on safety – and energy savings – by checking your light bulbs.
Practice your fire escape plan. If you don’t have an escape plan, you need to create one and then practice getting out of your home in less than two minutes. Familiarize the children in your house with the sound of the smoke alarm so they know what to do when they hear it. Also practice “stop, drop and roll” drills. And lastly, take the kids in your house on a field trip to your local fire department to meet firefighters so they won’t be scared of them if they spot them during an emergency.
Note: If you don’t have working smoke alarms, contact your local Red Cross or fire department; they will come and install free smoke alarms complete with 10-year lithium batteries.