FDNY reminds all New Yorkers to change the batteries in their smoke and carbon monoxide detectors when they change their clocks for the end of Daylight Saving Time. To promote this effort, the Department produced a new Public Safety Announcement video that is available online at:
http://www.fdnysmart.org/video-item/change-your-clock-change-your-battery-psa/
Throughout the weekend, New Yorkers will have the opportunity to interact with the FDNY Fire Safety Education Unit and to learn potentially life-saving lessons in fire safety.
“A working smoke detector is vital to escaping and surviving a fire,” said Commissioner Nigro. “Every year, in the vast majority of fire-related deaths in New York City there is no working smoke detector present –this simple device gives New Yorkers the critical moments needed to escape their homes in the event of a fire.”
As part of this semi-annual outreach effort, members of the FDNY Fire Safety Education Team are distributing 30,000 batteries, along with electronic candles and fire safety literature in multiple languages, at 27 transportation hubs and shopping centers throughout the five boroughs. The batteries were generously donated to the FDNY Foundation by Duracell.
Below, please find the locations and times for FDNY Fire Safety Education events – where they will be distributing educational materials as well as smoke alarms and batteries – taking place during the upcoming weekend.
Friday, March 6, 2015: All events will be held 4-6 p.m.
Bronx
149th Street- Grand Concourse Station
Brooklyn
Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue Terminal at Stillwell Avenue & Mermaid Avenue
Broadway Junction Complex at Jamaica Avenue & Fulton Street
Crown Heights-Utica Avenue Station at Utica Avenue & Eastern Parkway
Manhattan
West 168th Street & Broadway Station
West 125th Street & Broadway Station
Union Square Station at 14th Street & Broadway
Queens
61st Street-Woodside Station at 61st Street & Roosevelt Avenue
Jamaica Centre-Parsons/Archer Station
Staten Island
St. George Staten Island Ferry Terminal at 1 Bay Street
Saturday, March 7, 2015: All events will be held 12-4 p.m.
Bronx:
Kmart at 1998 Bruckner Boulevard
Target at 40 West 225th Street
Brooklyn
Target at 139 Flatbush Avenue
Manhattan
Target at 517 East 117th Street
Queens
Target at 40-24 College Point Boulevard
Queens Center Mall at JC Penney Wing Level I 90-15 Queens Boulevard
Staten Island
Target at 2900 Veterans Road West
Sunday, March 8, 2015: All events will be held 12-4 p.m.
Brooklyn
Lee Avenue at Williamsburg Street East
13th Avenue at 53rd Street
Avenue L. at Coney Island Avenue
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