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Fall Back: Change your clocks, batteries as Daylight Saving Time ends
November 2, 2023 — Daylight saving time ends Nov. 5. Time will be set back one hour at 2 a.m. to standard time... MORE

Smoke alarms: a fire safety success story
January 10, 2020 — The fire safety success story of the past quarter century has been smoke detectors. The battery-powered smoke detector has reduced home fire deaths by half since its introduction on to the market... MORE

According to the National Fire Protection Association, or NFPA, an estimated 94 percent of homes in the United States have at least one smoke detector in the home. The death rate has been 40-50 percent less than the rate for homes without smoke detectors.