 Hello, this is Demetrius Rump, the Director of Safety and Risk Management for the City of Columbia. This is your monthly safety message for the City of Columbia employees in the public. Today I will be talking about spring safety checklist tips for the month of March. As you know, during the month of March and spring, your time has went forward, so you should have set your clocks at our head. Also during spring, it is a good time for you to look at some of the items that I'm going to discuss. Number one, smoke alarms. Do you know three out of every fire fatalities in a home result from smoke alarms not being installed in a home? It is recommended that you have a smoke alarm in every bedroom and all common areas of the home. Also, you should test for smoke alarms on a monthly basis and replace the battery on an annual basis. The other item is carbon monoxide detectors. Carbon monoxide is produced by appliances that produce gas and carbon monoxide is a coldest, odorless gas that can kill you. The same applies to carbon monoxide detectors. You should replace the battery on an annual basis and check them on a monthly. The next item is a family emergency plan. The National Safety Council recommends that every family should have an emergency plan in the event of a natural disaster or a catastrophic event. During the spring, it is a great time for you to review that plan with your family members. In the last item, are you getting the urge to clean your homes? Well during the month of March and during the spring, we get the urge to want to polish and shine and clean our homes, but during that time, we use chemicals. Make sure you read the labels on those chemicals so you'll know how to adequately use them and they won't get into the hands of the wrong individual or you use them improperly or you may find yourself with a bad disaster. Last but not least, safety starts with the S, but it begins with you. Thank you.