The Seattle Fire Department would like to remind everyone to check on your smoke and carbon monoxide (CO) alarms for the start of daylight saving time (2 a.m. Sunday, March 9). We recommend carefully vacuuming around the alarms to remove dust and cobwebs and replace batteries if needed.
Changing smoke and CO alarm batteries once a year is an effective way to reduce home fire deaths and CO poisoning. Working smoke alarms can cut the risk of dying in a home fire by nearly one-half by providing an early warning and critical extra seconds to escape.
As a reminder, if you discover a fire or your CO alarms sounds without stopping, get out, close the door behind you as you exit and call 9-1-1 from a safe location.
