You've Gained an Hour to Practice Fire Safety

Now that you've turned the clocks back, it's also a great time to review your family's fire safety plan. Change the batteries in your smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. Test each one. Hold a fire drill with your kids.

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Make fire safety a fun learning activity with printable coloring pages, a fire truck craft and a fire prevention word search. The U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) also has a website just for kids to learn about home fire safety and play fire safety games. They can even download an official Junior Fire Marshal certificate if they pass an online fire safety quiz.

Include babies and toddlers in your fire safety plan too. The USFA website for parents recommends you practice with every member of your family so you'll know exactly what to do in an emergency.

Hopefully, you'll never need your plan. But preparing the whole family can help every mom sleep a little better at night.