Free Smoke Detector Batteries

The Darke County Solid Waste Management District along with Darke County Homeland Security and EMA will team up with our local Fire Departments to get the word out on a simple life-saving tip, "Change Your Clock, Change Your Batteries." Replacing home smoke detector batteries is a small and easy step that can mean the difference between life and death.

In preparation for daylight-saving time on Sunday, November 6, the district and your local fire departments want you to know that when you change your clock, it's also time to take an extra minute to change the batteries in your smoke detectors. Fresh batteries are critical in insuring smoke detectors work when fire breaks out. Nonetheless, changing those batteries is something people forget to do more often than not.
On Saturday, October 22, 2011 from 8:00-12 Noon, the district will underscore the importance of the "Change Your Clock, Change Your Batteries" message by hosting a 9-volt battery exchange in conjunction with the district’s household hazardous waste event.

Also participating in the battery exchange are the following entities with their event dates:

Sept 3-5 2011 — Liberty Twp Fire Dept

11:00 am to 4:00 p.m.

Oct 1, 2011 — Arcanum Fire Prevention & Public Safety Day

Noon to 4:00 pm

Oct 2 - Nov 10, 2011 — City of Greenville Fire Dept.

M-Th 8:00 am to 4:30 pm & Fri 8 am to 1 pm

Oct 2—8, 2011; Oct 27, 2011 & Oct 30, 2011— Ansonia Fire Dept

Times TBA

Oct 3— Nov 11, 2011 — Darke Co Solid Waste Dist.

M—F 8:30 am to 4:00 p.m.

Oct 3— Nov 11, 2011 — Darke Co Homeland Security/EMA

M—F 8:30 am to 4:00 p.m.

Hollansburg Fire Dept.

Times and Dates—TBA

Union City, OH Fire Dept.

Times and Dates—TBA

Simply bring your spent 9-volt batteries to one of the events listed above, and we’ll exchange them with new batteries. There will be a limit of 5 batteries exchanged per Darke County Address. This event is FREE to all Darke County Residents!

For more information on this event and other district sponsored events, visit our website at www.co.darke.oh.us/solidwaste or call the office at 937-547-0827.