Test your smoke and carbon monoxide alarms as you spring forward this weekend

March 10th 2021: MADISON (WLUK) — It’s long been recommended that you change the batteries in your smoke and carbon monoxide alarms when you change your clocks at the beginning or end of daylight saving time.

But this year, Wisconsin Emergency Management recommends you go one step further and press the test button on your alarms as you spring forward this weekend.

“As we’ve been spending more time in our homes this past year, it’s more important than ever to take the opportunity this weekend to replace your batteries and hit the test button on your smoke and carbon monoxide detectors,” WEM administrator Darrel Williams said in a news release.

The National Fire Protection Association says a fire department is called to a fire somewhere in the U.S. every 24 seconds. A home fire occurs every 93 seconds. Home fires lead to 75% of all fire deaths and 73% of all fire injuries. Read More…