Chattanooga Fire Department staff and volunteers will distribute free smoke alarms to residents who live between Hixson Pike and Hamill Road.
The alarms will be available in the parking lot of the Sports Barn at 1790 North Hamill Road at 10 a.m. Saturday, according to a fire department release.
The event coincides with the switch to Daylight Savings Time at 2 a.m. Sunday.
In three of every 10 reported fires in homes equipped with smoke alarms, the devices did not work, according to the release. Households with non-working smoke alarms now outnumber those with no smoke alarms , the release said.
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