Every second counts when there’s a home fire and the sooner an alarm alerts you to a fire, the sooner you can get to a safer place. When daylight saving time ends this weekend, test your smoke alarms to help prevent a tragedy in your home.

Daylight saving time begins on Sunday, March 9 and the American Red Cross encourages everyone to test their smoke alarms as they turn their clocks forward to make sure the devices are working.

During the month of March, the Red Cross is working with volunteers and fire departments across the state to install around 1,600 free smoke alarms and go door-to-door to teach people in Georgia how to stay ready to respond to a fire if one should happen in their home.

The American Red Cross is encouraging you to test your their smoke alarms to make sure the devices are working as you turn the clocks forward of daylight saving time on Sunday.

Daylight Savings is right around the corner. We’ll need to set our clocks an hour early on Sunday and tend to another important task.The American Red Cross reminds us to check our smoke alarms when we set our clocks forward.

The American Red Cross is urging everyone to test their smoke alarms as they set their clocks forward, as having working smoke alarms can reduce the risk of dying in a home fire by half.