FCFRD News Blog : When Checking Your Smoke Alarms This Weekend, Also Check The Date!

Press release from the FCFRD News Blog:

March 11, 2022

Beside moving your clock forward one hour Saturday night/Sunday morning, many of you are aware that you need to check your smoke alarms. While checking your smoke alarms to ensure they are working, please also consider checking the date to determine how old your smoke alarms are.

Did you know that smoke alarms have a retirement date? They do and if your smoke alarms are ten years of age or older they need to be replaced.

Below is some great information from our partners in safety at the United States Fire Administration and the National Fire Protection Association. Please take a moment to check the manufacture date on your smoke alarms TODAY!

Accessible information can be found here: https://www.usfa.fema.gov/prevention/outreach/smoke_alarms.html

This press release was produced by the FCFRD News Blog. The views expressed here are the author’s own.