FDNY Fire Safety Education Unit to Give Away Free 9-Volt Batteries

The Department urges all New Yorkers to change the batteries in their smoke alarms when they change their clocks for Daylight Saving time on Nov. 1. And to help drive home this message, teams of FDNY Fire Safety Educators will be distributing 9-volt batteries for smoke alarms beginning Oct. 30 throughout the five boroughs.   

The batteries have been donated by the FDNY Foundation, the Department’s official fundraising organization.

Smoke alarms provide an early warning of a fire, allowing people sufficient time to reach safety.  More than 97 percent of homes have at least one smoke alarm, but more than 33 percent of them do not work due to a missing or dead battery.   

Find out where you can go to get free 9-volt batteries:

Fri., Oct. 30

Jamaica Centre Parsons/Archer Train Station
4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Broadway (East New York) Junction Complex-Jamaica Avenue/Fulton Street
4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

West 168th Street and Broadway Train Station
4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

East 161St Street and River Avenue/Yankee Stadium Train Station
4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

NY Hilton Times Square
234 West 42nd Street, between 7th and 8th Avenues
11 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Saturday, October 31

Staten Island Mall
2655 Richmond Avenue, Center Common Area
11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Sunday, November 1

Stuyvesant Town
14th Street and Avenue A
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.