Home Safety Tips
Change your Clock, Change your Battery
Eighty-three per cent of all civilian fire-related deaths are a result of home fires and, on average, nearly three children a day die in these fires. By providing an early warning and critical extra seconds to escape, smoke alarms double your family's chance of getting out of a home fire alive--but only if they work.
When you turn your clocks back on the last Saturday in October, make a lifesaving change in your household--change the batteries in your smoke alarms.
This simple habit takes just a moment, but it is the best defence your family has against the devastating effects of a home fire.
The peak time for home fire fatalities is between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. when most families are sleeping. Smoke alarms are your first line of defence and alarm maintenance is a simple, effective way to reduce home fire deaths. Working smoke alarms nearly cut in half the risk of dying in a home fire.
Regardless of where a fire starts in a home, the structure can be engulfed in flames within minutes. Non-working smoke alarms rob residents of the protective benefits home fire safety devices were designed to provide. The most commonly cited cause of non-working smoke alarms: worn or missing batteries