This Sunday Daylight Saving Time ends and everyone is reminded to set their clocks back one hour.

Along with “falling back” an hour this weekend, Jefferson Fire Chief Randy Love says it’s also a good time to check smoke detectors.  Each year when Daylight Saving Time begins in March and ends in November are the ideal times to check smoke detectors and change the batteries, if needed.

Love comments that the volunteer fire department also supplies free smoke detectors for those residents that don’t have one in their home.

“It’s an advantage.  It’s not the high dollar smoke detectors.  But like I told the State Fire Marshall, a smoke detector is better than no smoke detector.  So at least they have some kind of protection.”

To receive a free smoke detector, call the Law Enforcement Center’s non-emergency number at 386-2136.