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Posted on: October 27, 2020

[ARCHIVED] Change Your Clocks and Change Your Batteries

DST smoke alarm

Daylight Saving Time ends Sunday, Nov. 1 at 2 a.m. The Waukee Fire Department encourages residents to change smoke alarm and carbon monoxide detector batteries along with the clocks.

Daylight Saving Time ends Sunday, Nov. 1 at 2 a.m. The Waukee Fire Department urges residents to install fresh batteries in their smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors as they make the rounds updating clocks to the new time. Most people tend to adjust their clocks before bedtime Saturday evening; make time to swap out the other device batteries, too. Most alarms and detectors are powered by a single 9-volt battery.

Learn more about smoke alarms in the home.

Read about carbon monoxide safety.

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