Did you know, thirty-eight percent of fatal fire injuries occur in homes with no smoke alarms, while 24 percent occur in homes in which at least one smoke alarm is present but fails to operate, frequently due to dead or missing batteries.*
Too many of us know someone who has been impacted by a home fire and believe it can never happen to “me.” Yet, the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) estimates that 28 million homes are at risk because they either don’t have smoke alarms or their smoke alarms do not work, mostly due to dead or missing batteries. A working smoke alarm can make the difference in whether you have the critical extra seconds to safely escape. Energizer and the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) have worked for decades to change those numbers with the Change Your Clock Change Your Battery® program, and this fall they are continuing that work with firefighters across the country bringing the total number of batteries donated to 5 million.
To help give more families those critical seconds, Energizer is donating 250,000 batteries this fall to fire departments across the country to distribute to families in their communities. Together, they will host Home Safety Days and neighborhood canvasses spanning throughout National Fire Prevention Month in October until the end of daylight saving time on Sunday, Nov. 3.
The Change Your Clock Change Your Battery® program is just one of the ways Energizer brings to life the company’s commitment to making a positive impact in communities across the country. that’s positivenergyTM.
From now through November 3, visit the Energizer Bunny® Facebook page and click on the Fire Safety Info Tab. Here you will have the chance to enter a sweepstakes to win an additional Family Safety Kit. Energizer will be giving away one Family Safety Kit per day. Contained in the kit, valued at more than $167 is:
· One reusable grocery tote
· Two Kidde Battery-Operated Combination Carbon Monoxide and Smoke Alarms
· One Kidde fire extinguisher
· One 4-pack of Energizer Ultimate Lithium AA batteries
· One 2-pack of Energizer® MAX® 9 volt batteries
· One 4-pack of Energizer® MAX® AA batteries
· Two Energizer Weatheready® LED Safety Light flashlights
· One Energizer Bunny® Plush Bunny
In addition you can find fire safety tips, a home escape plan that you can download and draw your family’s home escape plan, as well as a coloring and activity sheet.
MY STORY
Last year, I shared my story on how my family lost our home to a fire back in 2001. This year, I have teamed up with Energizer once again to share ways to keep your family safe for another year. I got the chance to check out a Kidde Battery-Operated Combination Carbon Monoxide and Smoke Alarm, an Energizer® Weatheready® LED Safety Light flashlight – Waterproof flashlight, 2 packs of Energizer® MAX® 9 volt batteries, 16-pack Energizer® MAX® AA Batteries, and a reusable grocery tote.
Kidde Battery-Operated Combination Carbon Monoxide and Smoke Alarm did not fail to impress. It was loud, and it emits 2 different beeps, depending on the alarm. Even if you are such a heavy sleeper that not even a train in the middle of the room could wake you up, you will NOT miss this alarm. It is VERY loud. It also says "Warning Fire" or "Warning Carbon Monoxide" so you know EXACTLY what the problem is.
I will say this- putting up this alarm in the bedroom reminded me to check the batteries in the other alarms and change them. As you can tell, fire safety is very important to my family.
GIVEAWAY
We all want our families to stay safe. One(1) winner will receive the following:
- One 16-pack Energizer® MAX® AA Batteries years
- One 1-pack of Energizer® MAX® 9 volt batteries
- One Energizer® Weatheready® LED Safety Light flashlight – Waterproof flashlight powered by AA, AAA or C cell batteries
- One Kidde Battery-Operated Combination Carbon Monoxide and Smoke Alarm
Enter below. Good luck!
I was NOT compensated for this review/giveaway. I received the products mentioned above to review. All thoughts/opinions are my own. Your experience may differ.
We usually change them 2 times per year.
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rickpeggysmith(at)aol(dot)com
We change the batteries on the day the time changes. My husband is a retired fireman and is a stickler about it.
ReplyDeletejodysis at windstream dot net
I try to change mine whenever the time changes. That would be twice a year.
ReplyDeleteI change the batteries in our smoke detectors once a year.
ReplyDeleteabfantom at yahoo dot com
I change the batteries when the low-battery alarm goes off.
ReplyDeletewe change the batteries once a year.
ReplyDeleteI change the batteries when the low-battery alarm goes off. I probably should do it more often, huh?
ReplyDeleteWe change ours twice a year.
ReplyDeleteonce a year
ReplyDeletein the spring and in the fall
ReplyDeleteChange them spring and fall with daylight savings time
ReplyDeleteTwice a year, usually in the spring and fall
ReplyDeleteTwice a year, usually in the spring and fall
ReplyDeleteOnce a year.
ReplyDeleteI change the smoke alarm batteries every New Year's Eve.
ReplyDeleteI change the batteries in our smoke detectors once a year.
ReplyDeleteWe check ours twice a year but they seem to die once a year, although they never go off except to check the battery!
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I change them whenever they die :) The smoke alarm is not shy about telling us when the batteries are low :)
ReplyDeleteI change the batteries 2 times a year
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I change them twice a year when we turn our clocks
ReplyDeleteTwice a year as recommended.
ReplyDeletei don't know. i usually leave that up to my husband
ReplyDeleteWe change them every six months.
ReplyDeleteI'm bad... once a year on New Year's Day.
ReplyDeletecgreenleaf2(at)gmail(dot)com
When the alarm beeps annoyingly at us for no reason. :)
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twinkle at optonline dot net
We change them once a year.
ReplyDeleteI'm a daylight savings battery changer.
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slehan at juno dot com
we change them when we change the clocks
ReplyDeleteWe change them twice a year.
ReplyDeleteWe change them twice a year unless it is needed more often....i.e. beeping!
ReplyDeleteWe change our batteries whenever we set the clocks forward and back so twice a year.
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We change them every 6 months or when the time changes!
ReplyDeleteptavernie at yahoo dot com
I change the batteries the same time we change the clocks.
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I have never had to in my apartment.
ReplyDeleteWhen they beep to warn us that the battery is low.
ReplyDeleteWe change ours every day light savings.
ReplyDeleteOnce a year
ReplyDeleteWe change the batteries in the smoke alarms when they die.
ReplyDeleteWe change our batteries at least twice a year in our smoke alarms.
ReplyDeletetwinkle at optonline dot net
Usually when they start beeping.
ReplyDeleteMichelle Tucker
Change them in the spring when clocks change
ReplyDeletebrich22 at earthlink dot net
Every 6 months.
ReplyDeleteI wait for the beep from the alarm. lexbaylor27 at gmail dot com
ReplyDeleteI change them 6 months to 9 months
ReplyDeleteI change them twice a year when time changes.
ReplyDeleteI change them when the time chages each year
ReplyDeleteI change them every time they start beeping,which means they need a new battery.
ReplyDeleteevery time we set the clocks twice a year wilcarvic
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