Daylight Saving Time begins at 2 a.m. on Sunday, March 9, 2025.
Red Cross asks you to TEST your smoke alarms as you TURN your clocks forward this weekend. Working smoke alarms cut risk of home fire deaths in half!
Daylight saving time begins on Sunday, March 9 and the American Red Cross in Connecticut encourages everyone to test their smoke alarms as they turn their clocks forward to make sure the devices are working.
“Working smoke alarms cut the risk of dying in a home fire in half as you only have about two minutes to safely get out,” said Rebecca Johnson, Regional Disaster Officer, American Red Cross Connecticut and Rhode Island Region. “Every second counts when there’s a home fire and the sooner an alarm alerts you to a fire, the sooner you can get to a safer place. When daylight saving time ends this weekend, test your smoke alarms to help prevent a tragedy in your home.
Since the start of the year, local Red Cross volunteers responded to help at least 565 people in Connecticut affected by 100 home fires, which account for most of the about 65,000 disasters that the Red Cross responds to annually across the country.