The time to change your clock and change your battery is here again. On November 6th 2011 at 2:00 am we will be setting our clocks back one hour, marking the end of Daylight Savings time for 2011. People are also encouraged to take this time to change the batteries in their home’s smoke detectors as well. In the event of a house fire, the early warning provided by these devices save lives. Complete Battery Source of Brighton , has teamed up with Soda Pop Jr. Pizza, in an effort to remind people to change their smoke detector batteries. From Friday evening November 5th through Saturday evening November 6th Complete Battery Source will provide 1 free 9-volt battery with each order, placed at Soda Pop Jr.’s Pizza, picked up or delivered. Along with the battery, customers will receive a fire safety flyer with five tips to prevent fires in the home.
Each year Complete Battery Source provides smoke detector batteries to families in the area. “This is the first year we have been able to take the batteries right to people’s homes”, said Rob Hohman, Vice President of Complete Battery Source.
According to the Fire safety council:
Fewer people die in home fires when a smoke alarm/detector is present and activates:
- Smoke Alarm Present and Activated: 12 deaths/1000 home fires
- No Device / Alarm Did Not Activate: 17 deaths/1000 home fires
In some fires where people died, smoke alarms were present but did not activate. In 85% of the cases where the smoke alarm did not activate, it was due to a dead or missing battery/power source.
For more information please contact Rob Hohman, Complete Battery Source 734-320-1516
