AFD urging Austinites to check, change smoke alarms

AUSTIN (KXAN) — As you turn your clocks back with the end of Daylight Saving Time on Sunday, Austin Fire Department wants you to use this as an opportunity to also check and if necessary, change the batteries in your smoke alarms.
They say the number one reason that lives are saved in a fire is when there is a working smoke alarm.
“A working smoke alarm is the simplest, cheapest life insurance you can buy,” said AFD Fire Chief Rhoda Mae Kerr. “It only takes a few minutes