Your home’s first line of defense against fires and smoke are its smoke detectors. These devices pick up on smoke in the air and alert you to its presence. The idea is that the alarm will activate and ...

Smoke alarms save lives, but if they shriek every time you sear a steak or run a hot shower, you are more likely to silence ...

Having smoke detectors with working batteries placed throughout your home is an important component of fire safety, but in order for them to be most effective, it also makes a difference where they’re ...

Kitchen smoke alarms are supposed to protect you from the leading cause of home fires, not punish you every time you sear a ...

Are your smoke detectors working? If you're not sure, the Easton Fire Department will check and install them for free.

There are four Place smoke and CO detector models, purpose built for the kitchen, nursery, garage, and outside sleeping areas ...

An Arlington Heights couple is spreading the word about a simple precaution that they believe saved their home, if not their ...

Why are you reading about smoke detectors, may you ask? Well, for one, they can save your life — indicating the onset of a fire at home. According to the “Smoke Alarms in US Home Fires” report by the ...

WAUKESHA, Wis. - The Waukesha Fire Department and American Red Cross teamed up to install dozens of smoke detectors on Saturday, Sept. 28. Firefighters said working smoke detectors can cut the risk of ...

READING, Pa. - The Reading Fire Department embarks on a life-saving mission for free every year. It's a mission to install smoke detectors in homes all around the city, a move that can wind up saving ...

Michael Gendek had a sense of relief Saturday as volunteers updated the smoke detectors in his family’s second-story Jeannette apartment. Since the family moved into the Harrison Avenue rental ...