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New Canaan Fire Marshal: Change Your Clocks—Change Your Batteries

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As it seems that this interminable winter will never end, we look for signs that better (i.e., warmer) weather is approaching. One of those is the beginning of Daylight Savings Time which starts this weekend, officially at 2 a.m. on Sunday, March 11. (Remember “Spring ahead—Fall back.”)

In concert with the nation wide campaign “Change Your Clocks—Change Your Batteries,” the New Canaan Fire Department wants to remind everyone to change the batteries in your smoke detectors and CO alarms.

“There is no greater tragedy than one that could have been prevented.” I can’t take credit for this statement however, I could not agree more and the tragedy of home fires with the devastation they create is a perfect example. And when the prevention is as easy as installing and maintaining smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors, it becomes more ironic. Thanks to generous donations by New Canaan Firefighters, Local 3224, free batteries will be offered to New Canaan residents (three per household, please) at Fire Headquarters on Main Street from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, March 10.

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Fire Marshal: Change Your Clocks, Change Your Batteries

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New Canaanites are looking outside today and seeing signs that better (that is, warmer) weather is approaching. One sure sign of spring is the beginning of Daylight Savings Time which starts this weekend, officially at 2 a.m. on Sunday, March 13. (Remember “Spring ahead – Fall back”). In concert with the nation wide campaign “Change Your Clocks – Change Your Batteries,” the New Canaan Fire Department and the Rotary Club of New Canaan also want to remind everyone to change the batteries in your smoke detectors and CO alarms.

“There is no greater tragedy than one that could have been prevented.” —I can’t take credit for this statement however, I could not agree more and the tragedy of home fires with the devastation they create is a perfect example. And when the prevention is as easy as installing and maintaining smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors, it becomes more ironic.

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Fire Marshal: Change Your Clocks—Change Your Batteries

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“There is no greater tragedy than one that could have been prevented.”

I cannot take credit for this statement—however, I could not agree more and the tragedy of home fires and the devastation they inflict is a perfect example. And when the prevention is as easy as installing and maintaining smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors it becomes more ironic. This year daylight savings time ends at 2 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 1 (Remember “Spring ahead – Fall back”). In concert with the nation wide campaign “Change Your Clocks—Change Your Batteries,” The New Canaan Fire Department and the Rotary Club of New Canaan also want to remind everyone to change the batteries in your smoke detectors.

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Smoke Detector Battery Giveaway Saturday at the Fire Department; Daylight Savings Starts Sunday

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Free batteries (three per household) will be made available at the Fire Department’s Main Street headquarters from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, according to Fire Marshal Fred Baker. The giveaway, part of a nationwide “Change Your Clocks—Change Your Batteries” campaign (daylight savings starts at 2 a.m. Sunday), is the result of a generous donation from New Canaan Firefighters, Local 3224 as well as the Rotary Club of New Canaan, he said. “The New Canaan Fire Department and the Rotary Club of New Canaan also want to remind everyone to change the batteries in your smoke detectors and CO alarms,” Baker said in a press release. He continued: “ ‘There is no greater tragedy than one that could have been prevented’—I can’t take credit for this statement, however, I could not agree more and the tragedy of home fires with the devastation they create is a perfect example.”

Residents who are unable to change their own batteries due to age or disability may call fire headquarters at 203-594-3140 to arrange for fire fighters to come to your residence for assistance. If anyone has any questions or concerns about smoke detector or carbon monoxide detectors or other fire safety topics, pleased contact the New Canaan Fire Marshal’s Office at 203-594-3030.

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New Canaan Fire Officials: Swap Out Smoke Detector Batteries This Weekend

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Fire officials are urging New Canaan residents to make changing their smoke detectors’ batteries part of the same ritual as setting clocks ahead one hour this weekend for Daylight Savings Time. The New Canaan Fire Department, Local 3224,  and Rotary Club of New Canaan are supporting the national “Change Your Clocks—Change Your Batteries” campaign. Together with private residents, they’re giving away batteries from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, March 8 at Fire Headquarters on Main Street (limit three batteries per household). Daylight Savings Time takes hold at 2 a.m. Sunday, March 9. Fire Marshal Fred Baker told NewCanaanite.com that one major advantage to changing out smoke detector batteries before they get low is to avoid the annoying chirp that indicates a low battery.