{"id":28950,"date":"2020-03-02T08:09:52","date_gmt":"2020-03-02T13:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=28950"},"modified":"2020-03-02T08:10:16","modified_gmt":"2020-03-02T13:10:16","slug":"time-to-change-your-clocks-and-the-batteries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2020\/03\/02\/time-to-change-your-clocks-and-the-batteries\/","title":{"rendered":"Time to Change your Clocks and the Batteries!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Time to Change your Clocks and the Batteries in all Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarms<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/wvfd-crest.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-96\" src=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/wvfd-crest.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"136\" height=\"134\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/wvfd-crest.png 136w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/wvfd-crest-70x70.png 70w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 136px) 100vw, 136px\" \/><\/a>Clocks will spring forward\u00a0one hour at 2am on March\u00a08\u00a0and the\u00a0<strong>Wawa Fire Department<\/strong>\u00a0is recommending residents install new batteries in their smoke and carbon monoxide alarms when they change their clocks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn order for smoke and carbon monoxide alarms to do their job, they need to have working batteries\u201d. \u201cOnce a year, old batteries should be replaced with new batteries. When you change your clocks on March\u00a08,\u00a0<strong>the Wawa Fire Department<\/strong>\u00a0wants everyone to take the time to install new batteries in all alarms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In order to survive a fire, you need to be provided with an early warning and know what to do when the smoke alarms sound. Working smoke alarms are required on every storey of the home and outside all sleeping areas. For added protection, it is recommended to also install smoke alarms inside all bedrooms.<\/p>\n<p>Carbon monoxide alarms must be installed outside all sleeping areas if your home has a fuel-burning appliance, fireplace or attached garage.<\/p>\n<p>Tampering with or removing the batteries from your smoke and carbon monoxide alarms are against the law. Failure to comply with the Fire Code can result in a ticket for $360.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Time to Change your Clocks and the Batteries in all Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarms Clocks will spring forward\u00a0one hour at 2am on March\u00a08\u00a0and the\u00a0Wawa Fire Department\u00a0is recommending residents install new batteries in their smoke and carbon monoxide alarms when they change their clocks. \u201cIn order for smoke and carbon monoxide alarms to do their &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":28953,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-27 00:23:25","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28950"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28950\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28952,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28950\/revisions\/28952"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}