Local Fire Services are reminding the community to install new batteries in their smoke and carbon monoxide alarms as they turn back their clocks.
LaSalle Fire Chief Dave Sutton says changing the clocks is the perfect time to change the batteries.
He says it's the cheapest way to protect your family.
"We're not always positive or confident that we actually remember to do that at the last time change. So its a little bit of double protection and really, it's one of the most economical types of insurance or protections you can have to safeguard your families."
Sutton says 10 years is the maximum life expectancy of smoke and carbon monoxide alarms.
"The manufacturers now print the expiry date right on the device. Some of them will actually give a chirping or a trouble alarm when they're at their end of life. But we certainly recommend if you haven't replaced them within 10 years, then certainly 10 years is the maximum life expectancy of any of those devices."
Working smoke alarms are required on each floor of the home.
Carbon monoxide alarms must be installed outside sleeping areas if your home has a fuel-burning appliance, fireplace or attached garage.
Sutton says he is frustrated with the total of fire deaths there have been in Ontario.
"We're now at somewhere, I believe, in the neighbourhood of 77 fire deaths in the province of Ontario which is really frustrating when we look at how inexpensive and simple smoke alarms are for early warning in the event of a fire."
Failure to comply with the Fire Code can result in a ticket for $360 or a fine of up to $50,000.
— with files from AM800's Selina McCallum