Smoke Alarm Batteries

    REMIND YOUR FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND NEIGHBORS TO ADOPT A SIMPLE LIFESAVING CHANGE

As the time change approaches this spring, the Pella Fire Department wants to remind residents

to make another change that could save their lives ---- changing the batteries in their smoke alarms.

Communities nationwide witness tragic home fire deaths each year. An average of three children per day die in home fires and 80 percent of those occur in homes without working smoke alarms. Non-working smoke alarms rob residents of the protective benefits home fire safety devices were designed to provide. The most commonly cited cause of non-working smoke alarms: worn or missing batteries.

Changing smoke alarm batteries at least once a year is one of the simplest, most effective ways to reduce these tragic deaths and injuries. In fact, working smoke alarms nearly cut in half the risk of dying in a home fire. Additionally the International Association of Fire Chiefs recommends replacing your smoke alarms every ten years.