It’s getting to be that time of year again – time to change the clocks back for daylight-saving time. It’s also the perfect time to adopt a life-saving habit – changing the batteries in your smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors. This year, the time change happens on November 6. Energizer and the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) are asking parents to take a vital step to keep their kids safe at home – Change Your Clock Change Your Battery (CYCCYB).
Energizer is inviting parents across the country to join the Energizer Bunny Brigade on Facebook (www.facebook.com/energizerbunny) for a chance to win free smoke alarms and batteries for their home or a grand prize of a home fire safety makeover. It’s a fun way to get people thinking about an important topic – home fire safety – and sharing positivity within their communities.
Here are some scary facts: Thirty-eight percent of fatal fire injuries occur in homes without working smoke alarms, while 24 percent occur in homes in which at least one smoke alarm is present but fails to operate. And thousands of lives are forever changed due to the devastating effects of a home fire.
Checking your smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors are a great way to teach kids about fire safety and involve the whole family. It is also important to remind friends and families to check their homes. I think it is awesome of Energizer to work on this campaign to remind families and they even have donated more than four million batteries to local fire departments over the past 23 years. I had no clue that in many communities, fire departments actually distribute free batteries to citizens in need as a result of the Change Your Clock Change Your Battery program.
VISIT: Check out the www.facebook.com/energizerbunny and join the Energizer Bunny Brigade.
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crystal l allen says
we remembered when they started beeping, clallen at ntin dot net
Breanne says
I did
kathy pease says
i did change mine a few months back because it kept beeping
Erica G says
I didn’t remember until I saw this giveaway. Thanks for the reminder!
Jaque R. says
My smoke alarm broke…so no battery change. 🙁
Thank you. 🙂
Amy delong says
yes we did
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Heather W says
of course we remembered! : )
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Amity says
Surprisingly I did-it has become part of my spring cleaning routine!
Shannon Herrington says
I am a follower via GFC. Thanks for the giveaway
Shannon Herrington says
I check my batteries every spring during spring cleaning time. Thanks for the giveaway
April Grimm says
I did remember to check mine, twice a year.
susan smoaks says
i forgot to change the batteries on them this year
Roxanne K says
I remembered to check them 🙂
Stephanie Showalter says
I remembered, but only because the battery’s went dead and made that horrible sound!
shirley pebbles says
I did not. I usually wait until they beep.
Angela says
I check them twice a year
tracey johnson says
we checked them and found out we need a new one.
Amanda Mclemore says
I changed my batteries when the time changed:)
amy deeter says
i remembered
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Alison F says
I checked mine. Easy to remember with all the wild fires around this year!
Crystal says
I always change my batteries around New Years.
kellie t says
yes i did
Brittney House says
I totally forgot but this made me remember.
Jennifer C says
I changed them in the spring but didn’t check for fall yet.
katfam says
My husband changed them a few months ago.
Daniel M says
yep check them every 3 months
Erica C. says
I checked ours when we changed the clocks.
Susan Salerno says
I did now. Thank you for the reminder
yesi says
My husband always remembers.
Heather H says
I only remembered because of the smoke alarm giveaways going on in the blogosphere
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Joy F says
No I did not remember. Thanks for the reminder.
Tammy @ LoveMy2Dogs says
No, I did not remember to check until just now when I came across your giveaway. Thanks for the reminder.
Teressa Morris says
Yes, my husband changed the batteries on Sunday with Daylight Savings Time.
Lydia Vierson says
I alway forget to check
Meredith says
I forgot but going to get my husband to help me tonight!
Sherry S. says
Yes I remembered.
Denise B. says
I always remember.
LISA BLUMENSTEIN says
i ALWAYS change my battery’s at the first of the year
SaraLee E says
We just changed them today
Jessica says
I haven’t checked them yet, but I plan on picking up new batteries next time I go to the grocery store
Julie W says
I forgot to buy replacement batteries
Debra G says
I remembered when the time changed today
Kristi C says
I did not remember until it starting beeping that the batteries were low.
Valerie Taylor Mabrey says
yes I remember doing ti tomorrow
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Katie Morris Crider says
I am not good at remembering this at all.
Linda Lansford says
I remember
paige chandler says
No. My bad. Sigh.
Cynthia C says
Yes, I remembered. I got batteries last week.
Costana Hornbaker says
yup checked the fire alarms
DEBIJOT says
Yes, my husband remembered.
Elena says
My husband always remembers, but I usually forget.
Michelle White says
I usually do it the day we change our clocks. Looks like it will be this Saturday.
Thanks!
Zenaida says
Yes.
Michele says
We try to remember but sometimes it does get forgotten
Kimberly McCullers says
Yep, do it on time change days!
nan says
i am waiting on a raincheck to come in so i can change them all
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sandra says
i never remember
Marj M. says
I put a new battery in 2 weeks ago.
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Anne Loyd says
We remembered to check our smoke alarms this year because one of them started chirping…it was an abnoxious reminder. 🙂