Sarnia

Time To Test Smoke And CO Detectors

The Sarnia Fire Department is reminding residents to test the batteries in their smoke alarms and CO detectors. This comes as the clocks move back one hour at 2am Sunday.

Sarnia Fire Prevention Officer Roel Bus.

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He says other annual inspections should be done as well, such as testing batteries in CO detectors, and checking your furnace, hot water tank filters as well as your firepalces.

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