Sleep Soundly for an Extra Hour? You Just Need New Batteries

Time to change the clocks back.

This Sunday at two o'clock in the morning is when Daylight Saving Time goes away and standard time comes back.

Woo-hoo! Bring on the extra hour of sleep!

Clocks aren't the only thing that should change. The US Fire Administration wants to remind you to change the batteries in your smoke alarm when you change the time.

Don't have a smoke alarm? It's time to get one!

According to the USFA, almost two thirds of deadly home fires from 2003-2006 didn't have working smoke alarms. Either the homes didn't have smoke alarms at all, or the smoke alarms didn't make any noise.

The trick to making your smoke alarm work: good batteries.

You should change your batteries at least once a year, twice a year is better. That's why the USFA recommends changing batteries when the time changes -- it's a great way to remember.

You should also change the batteries if your smoke alarm starts to chirp for no reason.

Have fun sleeping in Sunday morning, and don't forget to be safe.

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