Daylight Saving Time ends on Nov. 2 this year, and the department would like to remind residents to check their smoke and carbon monoxide alarms when they turn their clocks back for Daylight Saving Time.
Clocks will be moved back one hour at 2 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 2.
Properly installed and maintained smoke and carbon monoxide alarms play a crucial role in emergency scenarios.
The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) reported that from 201 to 2022, 59% of home fire deaths resulted from fires in homes with no smoke alarms (43%) or no working smoke alarms (16%).
The risk of dying in reported home structure fires is about 60% lower in homes with working smoke alarms than in homes with no alarms or none that worked, according to the NFPA.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that each year, more than 400 people in the U.S. die from unintentional CO poisoning not linked to fires, more than 100,000 visit the emergency room, and more than 14,000 are hospitalized.