Each year more than 2,500 people die as a result of house fires. Sixty percent of these deaths could have been prevented if working fire alarms had been present in the home.
These are pretty sobering statistics. House fires have been one of the fears since I was young. Growing up, I always insisted on having a smoke detector in my room. Now that I am “all grown up” I am still very conscious about keeping my family safe. We have a smoke detector in almost every room of the house (I’m not kidding). This also means remembering to change a lot of batteries.
The Energizer Change Your Clock Change Your Battery campaign aims to help homeowners to remember to change their smoke detectors’ batteries when they change back their clocks. On November 3rd, remember to test and change your smoke and carbon monoxide detectors when you change your clock back from Daylight Saving Time. Families are encouraged to use the extra hour “gained” from the end of daylight saving time to review their home fire safety plans and remind their friends, family and neighbors of the life-saving habit of changing and testing smoke alarm batteries.
Energizer has created some great resources for you to download. These include coloring sheets, fire safety fact sheets, downloadable fire escape plans, and videos on how to change smoke detector batteries.
In order to make sure my readers are also safe, Energizer is giving me the opportunity to giveaway a Family Safety Kit. In this kit you will receive:
- One 16-pack Energizer® MAX® AA Batteries years
- One 1-pack of Energizer® MAX® 9 volt batteries
- One Energizer® Weatheready® LED Safety Light flashlight – Waterproof flashlight powered by AA, AAA or C cell batteries
- One Kidde Battery-Operated Combination Carbon Monoxide and Smoke Alarm
The contest will run from October 29, 2013 through 11:59 p.m. EST, November 2, 2013. Just enter through the form below!
For extra chances to win, visit the Energizer Bunny’s Facebook page October 1, 2013 to November 2, 2013 to enter for a chance to win a Family Safety Kit worth over $150! One winner a day until the time changes; enter daily.
Were always replacing are batteries making sure that heaters and fire Hazards are always off when not in use.
We use only flameless candles rather than real ones in the house; we have several fire extinguishers; we have a couple of smoke alarms; we never leave the house with larges appliances such as the dryer on; we never leave the house with anything cooking on the stove or in the oven.
Keep a lot of things under lock and key and keep house if good order to prevent fires
we change the batteries when time changes, keeps flashlights handy all the time. plan out an escape route to get out of the house if needed. we discuss what we would do in certain situations.