{"id":32401,"date":"2026-03-06T11:10:50","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T17:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=32401"},"modified":"2026-03-06T11:12:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T17:12:42","slug":"spring-forward-safely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/32401-spring-forward-safely\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring Forward Safely"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><div>The Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal (OSFM) reminds Illinoisans to test, inspect, and replace broken or expired smoke\/CO alarms in their homes with new 10-year sealed battery alarms while they change the clocks this weekend as Daylight Saving Time begins at 2 AM Sunday, March 8.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cWorking smoke alarms save lives\u2014the key word is working. As you change your clocks this weekend, take a few minutes to test all smoke and carbon monoxide alarms in your home, check their expiration dates, and replace any that are broken or more than 10 years old,\u201d\u00a0<strong>said Illinois State Fire Marshal Michele Pankow<\/strong>. \u201cA functioning smoke alarm gives you and your family the early warning needed to escape safely in the event of a fire. While you\u2019re at it, take some time to review and practice your family\u2019s fire escape plan.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The time change serves as a bi-annual reminder to test all smoke and CO alarms in your home. If you find an alarm that is not working or is expired, replace the alarm immediately with a new 10-year sealed battery alarm. Review your fire-escape plan with your family and hold a drill to practice your plan.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) reports that nearly three out of five (59%) home fire deaths in the United States occur in homes with no smoke alarms or smoke alarms that failed to operate. More than two out of five (43%) of home fire deaths result from fires in homes with no smoke alarms present. Homes with working smoke alarms experience a death rate about 60% lower than homes with no alarms or no working alarms.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>According to statistics from the Be Alarmed! Smoke Alarm Installation Program, in 2025, 68% of pre-existing smoke alarms in homes receiving new 10-year sealed battery smoke alarms from the Be Alarmed! Program were non-functional or were expired (5007 of 7,376) pre-existing smoke alarms).<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cEnsuring your smoke alarms are properly working as well as less than 10-years old can help prevent a tragedy from occurring in the home. As a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting burn survivors, we\u2019ve seen firsthand how devastating residential fires can be, too often when a smoke alarm wasn\u2019t working or present. That simple check can save lives,\u201d\u00a0<strong>said Philip Zaleski, Executive Director of Camp I Am Me by Illinois Fire Safety Alliance.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Thanks to the \u201cBe Alarmed!\u201d program, in 2025, over 3200 Illinois homes and 7,800 residents are now protected by new smoke alarms and were educated about the importance of having a fire safety plan. Nearly 50,000 smoke alarms worth nearly $1.5 million dollars of life saving fire safety devices have been distributed to Illinois fire departments since 2018 when the Be Alarmed! Smoke Alarm Installation Program began!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;Be Alarmed!&#8221; is a fire safety education and smoke alarm installation program administered cooperatively between Camp I Am Me and the Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal (OSFM). \u201cThe \u201cBe Alarmed!\u201d program is aimed at creating fire-safe communities.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>For more information on the \u201cBe Alarmed!\u201d program visit:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ifsa.org\/prevention-resources\/smoke-alarm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.ifsa.org\/prevention-resources\/smoke-alarm\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1772896761649000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2njWML-MWhqKW0JALIhh0f\">https:\/\/www.ifsa.org\/<wbr \/>prevention-resources\/smoke-<wbr \/>alarm\/<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal (OSFM) reminds Illinoisans to test, inspect, and replace broken or expired smoke\/CO alarms in their homes with new 10-year sealed battery alarms [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4118,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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