{"id":1250,"date":"2013-11-01T13:55:34","date_gmt":"2013-11-01T20:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/?p=1250"},"modified":"2013-11-01T13:55:34","modified_gmt":"2013-11-01T20:55:34","slug":"change-smoke-detector-batteries-change-clocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/change-smoke-detector-batteries-change-clocks\/","title":{"rendered":"Change Smoke Detector Batteries with the Change of Clocks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Smoke detectors and Carbon Monoxide detectors save lives by waking us up or alerting us to toxic fumes or smoke in our homes in the early stages of a life threatening fire. The Yakima Fire Department (\u201cYFD\u201d) is officially reminding all citizens to check their smoke detectors when the clocks change early Sunday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Smoke detectors can save lives if they are properly installed and maintained.<\/p>\n<p>The YFD recommends you make the following checks of your smoke detectors when you change your clock times:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Check the age of your smoke detector. If it is older than 8 to 10 years, replace it with a new detector.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Check to make sure the detectors sound off when you test the battery. If a new battery does not make it sound off when testing, replace the detector.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Make sure you have an adequate number of smoke detectors in your home. The YFD recommends one detector in each room of your house to ensure maximum detection.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Clean all of your smoke detectors regularly to make sure no dust or insect debris will inhibit the maximum efficiency of detectors.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>More information about smoke detectors and other fire safety tips can be found on the National Fire Protection Association website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nfpa.org\/\">http:\/\/www.nfpa.org\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/Change-Batteries-When-Clocks-Change-News-Release.pdf\">Change Batteries When Clocks Change &#8211; News Release<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Smoke detectors and Carbon Monoxide detectors save lives by waking us up or alerting us to toxic fumes or smoke in our homes in the early stages of a life threatening fire. The Yakima Fire Department (\u201cYFD\u201d) is officially reminding all citizens to check their smoke detectors when the clocks change early Sunday morning. Smoke<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1250"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1252,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1250\/revisions\/1252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}