Red Cross recommends testing smoke alarms

Baker City Fire Department reminds residents to change smoke alarm batteries

BAKER CITY – Following the “fall back” hour with the conclusion of Daylight-Saving Time, the Baker City Fire Department would like to remind everyone that now is a good time to change the batteries in their smoke alarms. As written in a recent press release by the department: “According to the United States Fire Administration (USFA), a person’s chances of dying in a home fire are reduced by 50% if there is a working smoke detector in the house.…

Red Cross recommends testing smoke alarms

BUFFALO — The American Red Cross is encouraging people to test their smoke alarms with the Sunday’s time change.