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</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style='color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt;'>Courtesy of the Prince George’s Fire and
EMS </span><span style='color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt;'>Department…<o:p></o:p></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style='color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt;'></span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style='color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt;'>If you are still using a 9-volt battery
powered alarm you may want to use this time to provide a fresh battery in your
alarm and detectors now. The bi-annual Change Your Clock - Change Your
Battery campaign starts at 2:00 am on Sunday, March 8. This is the time
we ask everyone to provide a fresh battery to keep your alarm working.
Remember that when you move your clocks forward 1-hour to start Daylight
Saving Time you need to provide a fresh battery in your alarms and detectors.
Safety First - Everyone Goes Home.<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;">
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</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style='color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt;'>Test your smoke and CO alarms. It's
simple:<br>
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Push the TEST button on the front cover of your smoke and CO alarm.<br>
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An audible beeping noise SHOULD sound. If it does - your done until next
month.<br>
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If it does not sound an audible alarm - replace the battery. Push the
TEST button again - still no alarm?? - remove the alarm and immediately replace
with a new 10-year, tamper proof, with hush feature smoke or CO alarm or better
yet a 10-year combination smoke/CO alarm.<br>
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County Law requires a working smoke alarm in your home. Over the next two
years the law will continue to evolve to require a working 10-year smoke alarm
on every level of your home, primarily outside of sleeping areas.<br>
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County Law currently requires a working CO detector on every level of your
home, primarily, outside of sleeping areas. This law includes all homes
with a gas service (natural, propane, oil, etc), a fireplace or an attached
garage. This law also requires that all hotels, motels, dormitories and
all apartments and condos have working CO alarms.<br>
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If you need a working smoke alarm and can not afford to purchase one, call 311
and ask about the free smoke alarm program.</span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><br id="FontBreak"></font><br><br><strong><font size="4" style="font-size: 16pt;">Steve Lamphier</font></strong> <br> </div></body>
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