October 6 -12 is the National Fire Protection Association’s Fire Prevention Week. This week is a good time to test, clean and change the batteries on your smoke detectors and practice your family’s Emergency Escape Plan.  If you don’t have an Emergency Escape Plan, now is a good time to put one in place. What…

The need to change the batteries in your smoke detectors has been a hot topic lately due to the television show “This is Us.” On the show, the family home catches on fire late at night. Because they forgot to buy batteries, they were not alerted by the smoke detector. The family, including the dog,…