It's Time to Check your Smoke Detectors & Carbon Monoxide Detectors. Every time you move your clocks ahead.. in the Spring and Back in the fall, it is important to check your smoke detectors to make sure they are working properly and change the batteries.
It is a requirement that the Smoke Detectors and Carbon monoxide detectors be certified by the local fire department in Greenfield, Franklin County, the Pioneer Valley, Western Massachusetts and all of Massachusetts prior to the sale of a home.
There must be a Smoke Detector within 10' of a Bedroom, at the base of the stairs including the basement stairs. There are 3 types of Detectors: Photoelectric, Ionization & Combination Smoke Detectors & Carbon-monoxide Detectors. 
Here in Greenfield, Franklin County, the Pioneer Valley, Western Massachusetts and all of Massachusetts it is required to have a Photoelectric detectorsbe placed on the ceiling if it is within 20' of a Kitchen or Bath, They sense Flame. Ionization detectors beyond 20'. They sense smoke.
It is also required to have Carbon monoxide detectors on every living level if you live Greenfield, Franklin County, the Pioneer Valley, Western Massachusetts and all of Massachusetts. You can purchase a Combination Photoelectric/Carbon-monoxide detector to go in a place that requires both.
Be Safe .... It's Time to Check your Smoke Detectors & Carbon Monoxide Detectors.
