Daylight Saving Time begins Sunday, March 13 at 2 a.m., when we spring forward one hour for the purpose of making better use of daylight. As we set our clocks ahead, the Smithtown Fire Department recommends testing your smoke alarms and changing the batteries . Roughly two-thirds of home fire deaths occur in homes with no smoke alarms or non-working smoke alarms. When smoke alarms should have worked but failed to operate, it is usually because batteries were missing, disconnected, or dead. The![]()
