Video Clip - Home Alarms: Change Your Clock, Change Your Batteries

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The picture, text and audio sequence is as follows:

Video of fire burning.
Screen reading: About 3,000 people lost their lives to residential fires each year in the United States.
Picture and audio of a fire truck.
Screen reading: Most deaths and injuries occur in fires that happen at night while the victims are asleep.
Picture of CPSC Spokesperson Nychelle Fleming.
Nychelle: Did you know...The risk of dying from fires in homes without smoke alarms is twice as high as in homes that have working smoke alarms?
Picture and audio of smoke alarm.
Nychelle: Smoke and carbon monoxide detectors can alert you to a fire or poisonous carbon monoxide in your home and give you valuable escape time.
Picture and audio of carbon monoxide detector.
Nychelle: These alarms save lives and prevent injuries. That's a fact. So it is critical that your smoke and carbon monoxide alarms always be in good working order.
Picture and audio of person changing smoke alarm battery.
Nychelle: Smoke and carbon monoxide alarms should be tested once a month and the batteries should be replaced once a year. (Use the old batteries in other electronics that are not essential to safety.) Many people replace their smoke and carbon monoxide alarm batteries on time change Sunday. Time change Sunday may also be a good time to remember to practice your fire escape plan.
Picture of fire escape plan diagram.
Nychelle: Children are especially vulnerable in house fires so every family should develop a fire escape plan and practice it at least twice a year, with the entire household.
Screen reading: For more information visit Firesafety.gov & Cpsc.gov
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