{"id":21745,"date":"2012-03-10T06:21:21","date_gmt":"2012-03-10T11:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/?p=21745"},"modified":"2012-03-10T06:21:21","modified_gmt":"2012-03-10T11:21:21","slug":"time-to-spring-forward-this-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2012\/03\/10\/time-to-spring-forward-this-sunday\/","title":{"rendered":"Time to spring forward this Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Van Wert independent\/<\/strong><em>submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s time to spring forward this Sunday, as Daylight Savings Time kicks into effect at 2 a.m. this Sunday, March 11. In addition, two state agencies also have reminders related to the change to Daylight Savings Time.<\/p>\n<p>State Fire Marshal Larry Flowers is reminding Ohioans to make a potentially lifesaving change when they move their clocks forward on Sunday: Change the batteries in your smoke detectors!<\/p>\n<p>In conjunction with Ohio\u2019s fire departments, the Division of State Fire Marshal encourages Ohioans to make it a habit to change the batteries in their smoke detectors at least twice a year &#8212; at the beginning and end of daylight savings time.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Time-change-clock-artwork-3-2011.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4608\" style=\"border: 1px solid black\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Time-change-clock-artwork-3-2011.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"125\" height=\"156\" \/><\/a>Marshal Flowers said firefighters still find that smoke detectors, which typically retail for less than $10, are often not present in homes or are not functional. Through March 7, 35 people have died in 32 fatal residential fires reported to the Division of State Fire Marshal. Smoke detectors were confirmed present in nine (28 percent) of those fires and functioning in only two (6 percent) of the incidents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWorking smoke alarms and a well-practiced home fire escape plan save lives,\u201d said Marshal Flowers.\u00a0 \u201cOhioans can greatly reduce tragic fire deaths and injuries by simply replacing smoke detector batteries.\u00a0A disabled detector will not save you or your family\u2019s lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Smoke detectors, when properly installed and maintained, provide early warning when fire occurs.\u00a0 For the greatest protection, install a smoke detector on every level of your home and inside each sleeping area.\u00a0 Also, develop an escape plan and make sure every family member knows what to do and where to meet outside if the fire alarm sounds.<\/p>\n<p>Marshal Flowers offers these additional tips:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Test smoke detectors at least once each month to ensure that they are working properly.<\/li>\n<li>Vacuum the dust from inside the detector at least once every year.<\/li>\n<li>Change batteries in battery-operated detectors twice a year or whenever a detector \u201cchirps\u201d to signal low battery power.<\/li>\n<li>Never \u201cborrow\u201d a smoke detector\u2019s battery for another use.<\/li>\n<li>Replace smoke alarms every 10 years or according to the manufacturer\u2019s specifications.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information about smoke alarms and fire safety tips, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.com.ohio.gov\/fire\"><strong>www.com.ohio.gov\/fire<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Bruce D. Stevenson, superintendent of the Ohio Department of Commerce, Division of Liquor Control, also wants to remind all retail liquor permit holders that Daylight Saving Time in Ohio starts this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen the clock strikes 2 on Sunday morning, the time will spring forward and be, in fact, 3 a.m., 30 minutes past the legal closing time for permit holders who are authorized to operate alcohol sales until 2:30 a.m.,\u201d said Stevenson.\u00a0\u201cAll sales and consumption of alcoholic beverages at those permit premises must cease prior to 2 a.m., when clocks should be advanced one hour.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For most of us, however, the change to Daylight Savings Time just means an hour\u2019s less sleep (or getting up an hour later, which is more likely).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Van Wert independent\/submitted information It\u2019s time to spring forward this Sunday, as Daylight Savings Time kicks into effect at 2 a.m. this Sunday, March 11. In addition, two state agencies also have reminders related to the change to Daylight Savings Time. State Fire Marshal Larry Flowers is reminding Ohioans to make a potentially lifesaving change [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-31 13:59:15","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21745"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21745\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}