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“Change Your Clock, Change Your Battery”
News Conference to be Held on Friday


Date:
 
October 24, 2003
Time:
 
10 a.m.
Location:
 

Fire Station #18 (660 N. Griffin @ Ross (MAPSCO 45K)

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“Change Your Clock, Change Your Battery” is a national fire safety program sponsored by the International Association of Fire Chiefs and Energizer brand batteries.  This program urges Americans to change smoke alarm batteries when changing their clocks back to standard time, which occurs this year on Sunday, October 26.

As part of this initiative, the Dallas Hispanic Firefighters Association will present a donation of 3,000 batteries to Dallas Fire-Rescue’s Smoke Detector program.  The batteries were donated to the DHFFA by Energizer battery.  Dallas Fire-Rescue would like to remind the citizens of Dallas that smoke detectors and batteries are available free of charge.  If you need a smoke detector, or a battery for a smoke detector you already have, just call 3-1-1 and make that request.