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"Daylight saving time brings a convenient, timely reminder to change the batteries in your smoke alarm - an easy, important step to make your home safer," said Chris Brandon, Domino's Pizza spokesperson. "We have a unique opportunity at Domino's to reach many people in their homes and want to use this opportunity to share fire safety tips with them. We are excited to work with NFPA to help make homes across the country a little bit safer."

As part of the spring campaign, customers who order from participating Domino's stores may be surprised when their delivery arrives aboard a fire engine. If all the smoke alarms in the home are working, the pizza is free. If a smoke alarm is not working, the firefighters will replace the batteries or smoke alarm and leave a fully functioning fire safety device in the home.

According to NFPA, roughly two-thirds of home fire deaths happen in homes with no smoke alarms or no working smoke alarms. When smoke alarms fail to operate it is usually because batteries are missing, disconnected or dead.

"On average, seven people die in U.S. home fires per day," said Lorraine Carli, NFPA's vice president of Outreach and Advocacy. "Installing and maintaining smoke alarms is extremely important because they save lives. We are thrilled to work with Domino's to remind homeowners to ensure theirs are working properly."

Stay safe with these tips from the NFPA:

-- Install smoke alarms in every bedroom, outside each separate sleeping
area and on every level of the home, including the basement.
-- Interconnect all smoke alarms throughout the home. When one sounds, they
all sound.
-- Test alarms at least monthly by pushing the test button.
-- Smoke rises; install smoke alarms high on a wall or on a ceiling.
-- Replace batteries in all smoke alarms at least once a year. If an alarm
"chirps" - warning the battery is low - replace the battery right away.
-- Replace all smoke alarms, including alarms that use 10-year batteries
and hard-wired alarms, when they are 10 years old - or sooner if they do
not respond properly.
-- Be sure the smoke alarm has the label of a recognized testing
laboratory.
-- If cooking fumes set off alarms, replace the alarm with an alarm that
has a "hush" button.
-- An ionization alarm with a hush button or a photoelectric alarm should
be used if the alarm is within 20 feet of a cooking appliance.
-- Develop and practice your home escape plan.
About the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)

NFPA is a worldwide leader in fire, electrical, building, and life safety. The mission of the international nonprofit organization founded in 1896 is to reduce the worldwide burden of fire and other hazards on the quality of life by providing and advocating consensus codes and standards, research, training, and education. NFPA develops more than 300 codes and standards to minimize the possibility and effects of fire and other hazards. All NFPA codes and standards can be viewed at no cost at www.nfpa.org/freeaccess.