Daylight Saving Time reminder: Install fresh batteries in your smoke and carbon monoxide detectors Saturday night.
‘Spring Ahead’ Sunday with Properly Working Smoke Alarms
Daylight saving time begins Sunday and the Las Cruces Fire Department reminds residents to install fresh batteries in their smoke and carbon monoxide detectors when they ‘spring ahead’ one hour.
Daylight saving time begins at 2 a.m. Sunday, March 12, and continues until Nov. 5. Most people tend to adjust their clocks on Saturday evening before going to bed.
The fire department encourages the installation of new batteries and the manual testing of all smoke and carbon monoxide alarms at least twice a year, preferably at the beginning and end of daylight saving time. To check the operation of a smoke detector, simply press and hold the alarm’s “test” button. If it beeps, or rings loudly, it’s working properly.
Consumers should avoid testing a detector by using candles or matches placed under the alarm as repeated use of smoke to activate the device can cause them to fail when an actual fire occurs.
Although smoke alarms are present in the vast majority of American homes, national studies show that as many as 20 percent of those alarms may not work due to worn or missing batteries. Properly working smoke alarms have proven to provide the critical extra seconds needed to escape a potentially deadly blaze.
For more information on smoke and carbon monoxide alarms, and other related safety measures, contact the Las Cruces Fire Department at (575) 528-4150 or visit the department’s website at www.CLCFD.com.
Address/Location
Las Cruces Police Department
217 E Picacho Ave
Las Cruces, NM 88001
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 575-528-4112