As you're changing the time on your clocks this weekend to spring forward, add "checking batteries on smoke alarm and carbon monoxide detector" to your to-do-list.
Checking these two things is vital as your life could depend on it. Director of the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulation Affairs (LARA) along with the State Marshall are urging all Michiganders to do these simple tasks.
Testing your fire alarms to make sure they are working properly greatly increases your chance of surviving a home fire
State Marshal Sehlmeyer say it takes only three minutes for a home to be completely immersed with flames.