Daylight Saving Time Ends on Sunday, Nov. 6

Feel like you could use an extra hour of sleep? This weekend, you'll get your wish.

Daylight Saving Time ends at 2 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 6, so don't forget to turn your clocks back an hour before you go to bed Saturday night to gain an hour of sleep.

Sunday also marks the 24th anniversary of the Change Your Clock Change Your Battery program, sponsored by Energizer and the International Association of Fire Chiefs, who remind you to change and test the batteries in your smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors.

Home fires kill 500 children ages 14 and younger each year, experts say, and the majority of those occur in homes without working smoke alarms.

"It's a tragic statistic that could be reduced by adopting the simple habit of the Change Your Clock Change Your Battery program," said Victoria Yeakley, Hillsborough County Fire Rescue spokesperson, in a news release.

Changing smoke alarm batteries at least once a year is the most effective way to prevent those tragedies. It's also recommended that smoke alarms be replaced every 10 years.

In addition, Yeakley recommends residents not only use the extra hour they save from the time change to test smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors and to plan and practice escape routes, but also to make sure fellow neighbors and community members do the same.