Daylight Savings Time (DST) ends on Sun., Nov. 6, and citizens are reminded that when they move their clocks back one hour (preferrably before retiring to bed Saturday night), that they also provide a fresh battery in their smoke alarms.
Having a working smoke alarm increase the chances of surviving a fire by 50 percent; and no smoke alarms were present in 43 percent of home fire deaths.
The Prince George's County Fire/EMS Department, as well as every fire department in the National Capital Region has a free smoke alarm program. For more information, call 301-864-SAFE (7233).