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Oct. 31, 2019

 Take two ... minutes to change your clock and your smoke alarm batteries 

                    Richmond, Va. —                                                Daylight Saving Time is almost here, and when you change your clocks on Nov. 3, make sure you change the batteries in your smoke detectors, too.             

March 8, 2019

 Daylight saving time: Spring forward this Sunday 

                                Daylight saving time returns this Sunday at 2 a.m.             

March 7, 2019

 Remember to spring for new batteries, save lives 

                    Richmond, Va. —                                                Springing forward shouldn’t be the only thing on your mind as we begin Daylight Saving Time at 2 a.m. this Sunday, March 10.            

Nov. 2, 2018

 Change your clock, change your battery 

                    Richmond, Va. —                                                As we enter the fall season, Daylight Saving Time will end at 2 a.m. this Sunday, Nov. 4.					According to a National Fire Protection Association fact sheet for smoke alarms in U. S. home fires, fires in which the smoke alarms were present but did not operate: •	almost half (46 percent) of the smoke alarms had missing or disconnected batteries, •	nuisance alarms were the leading reason for disconnected smoke alarms, •	dead batteries caused one-quarter (24 percent) of the smoke alarm failures, and •	only seven percent of the failures were due to hardwired power source problems, including disconnected smoke alarms.            

Oct. 31, 2017

 Daylight Saving Time ends Nov. 5: change clocks, batteries 

                    Richmond, Virginia —                                                Daylight Saving Time ends at 2 a.m., Sunday, Nov. 5, 2017. DLA Installation Operations at Richmond’s Fire and Emergency Services reminds employees to set clocks back by one hour, and to replace batteries in smoke and carbon monoxide detectors.            

March 9, 2017

 Daylight Saving Time begins March 12:  Change your clocks, batteries 

                    Richmond, Va. —                                                Defense Logistics Agency Installation Support at Richmond, Virginia’s  Fire and  Emergency Services welcomes its first program of the year for 2017, “Change Your Clock – Change Your Battery”, as Daylight Saving Time begins this Sunday, March 12.             

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