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♦ SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2006
PFD: Change your clock, change your battery
By RAYLIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
As the time change
approaches Sunday, the
Perry Fire Department is
reminding residents to make
another change that could
save their lives - changing
the batteries in their smoke
detectors.
To save lives and prevent
injuries, the department, for
the 19 th year, has joined forc
es with Energizer and the
International Association of
Fire Chiefs for the Change
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Perry Fire Chief Joel Gray and Mayor Jim Worrall assist as
Firefighter Devin Roberts replaces the battery in a smoke
detector at the Perry public safety building. Sunday,
when clocks are set back an hour, has been proclaimed
Smoke Detector Awareness Day as part of a campaign to
get home and business owners to replace the batteries in
their smoke detectors.
Community Events
■ BOOK SALE -The
Warner Robins Branch of
the American Association of
University Women will hold
its 41st annual used book
sale at Houston Mall today.
On sale will be tons of books
- from antique to travel.
The sale will open with a
sneak preview from 5-6 p.m,
today. Those who attend the
$5, one-hour preview will
have the first opportunity to
browse through the books.
There will be no admission
charge during the remain
der of the sale from 9 a.m.
- 2 p.m., today. All books
will be half-price. For fur
ther information visit www.
aauwwrga.org.
■ RESOURCE FAIR
- Saturday, One Church One
Child of Georgia, Inc. will
sponsor a Foster Care and
Adoption Resource Fair. This
resource fair will provide
information to prospective
foster and adoptive parents
on the needs of children
in state custody. For more
information visit www.
ococg.org. The Foster Care
and Adoption Resource Fair
is open to the public. For
more information, call 770-
306-1750.
■ SCHOOL COUNCIL
MEETING - Houston
County High School will
hold a school council meet
ing Monday at 5 p.m. in the
media center.
■ WORK SESSION - The
Warner Robins City Council
work session is scheduled for
Wednesday at 4 p.m. in the
upstairs conference room,
Warner Robins City Hall,
800 Watson Blvd.
■ MEETING - The
Warner Robins City Council
will meet Nov. 6 at 6:30
p.m. in the council chamber,
Warner Robins City Hall,
800 Watson Blvd. A prelimi
nary meeting is scheduled
for 5 p.m. in the upstairs
conference room.
Howto Submit
■ To submit your event
for the Community
Calendar, fax the details to
(478) 988-1181, e-mail to
cperkins@evansnewspapers.
com or mail to Houston
Daily Journal, EO. Box 1910,
Perry, GA 31069
Your Clock Change Your
Battery campaign which
urges peoples to change
smoke alarm batteries when
changing clocks back to
standard time each fall.
“The simple yet powerful
act of changing the batteries
in smoke alarms when you
change the clock on Oct. 29
can double a family’s chanc
es of getting out of a home
fire alive,” said Deputy Fire
Chief Joel Gray.
“As a 24-year fire service
veteran, I have witnessed
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first hand the tragedy and
devastation of home fires.
It’s even more heartbreak
ing when a young life is cut
short,” Gray said.
On average, he noted,
nearly three children die
each day in home fires and
roughly 80 percent of home
fire deaths in the coun
try occur in homes with
out working smoke alarms.
“Considering that residen
tial fire deaths peak in the
winter months," Gray said,
“it makes sense to change
your smoke alarm batteries
each and every fall.”
Changing the batteries at
least once a year, Gray said,
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these tragic deaths and inju
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alarms nearly cut in half
the risk of dying in a home
fire.”
Gray said the peak time
for home fire fatalities is
between 10 a.m. and 6
a.m., “when most families
are sleeping. Children and
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give them the extra seconds
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the risk of dying in a home
fire. Gray said 80 percent of
fatal home fire victims who
were children were killed
in homes without working
smoke alarms.
Adults over age 75 are
three times as likely to die
in home fires than the rest
of the population.
Those over age 85 are 4.5
times more likely to die in a
home fire.
The most common cause of
non-working smoke alarms
is worn or missing batteries.
Gray said many low-income
families are unable to afford
batteries for their smoke
alarms and often rely on
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poorly installed, maintained
or misused portable or area
heaters, which are a main
cause of fatal home fires.
Gray also recommends
residents use the extra hour
they save from the time
change to test smoke alarms
by pushing the test button,
planning two ways out and
practicing escape routes
with the entire family. He
said families should also pre
pare a fire safety kit that
includes working flashlights
and fresh batteries.
For more information
about fire safety call the
Perry Fire Department at
989-2850.
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