House fires strike roughly every ninety-three seconds across America, making home fire safety more critical than ever. Home ...

It’s that time of year again when days grow shorter, nights longer and, for most of the U.S., clocks “fell back” an hour this morning. This twice-annual time change serves as an excellent reminder to ...

This is one of two weekends a year when it's recommended that you change the batteries in your smoke detectors, and make sure they're working right. Those weekends are when daylight-saving time begins ...

It’s also an ideal time to change the batteries in smoke and carbon monoxide alarms, according to Battalion Chief Marty Hamrick of the Jonesboro Fire Department. “We usually tell people to change the ...

Smoke alarms can cut in half the chance of dying in a fire, but they must be working properly to do so. Many homes have smoke alarms that aren’t working or maintained properly, usually because of ...

LACONIA — The circumstances behind the fire that killed three people earlier this week in Tilton appear similar to those that claimed the lives of a Meriden family in December, officials said Thursday ...

The latest buzz in smoke alarms is about "interconnected" systems — if an alarm goes off in one room, all the alarms in the house join in. This may not matter if, like us, you live in a tinycramped ...

Q: I have several 10-year-old FireX hardwired smoke alarms in my home that I'd like to replace. The model has been discontinued and the adapter plug at the end of the wiring harness doesn't seem to ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — About 226,000 smoke alarms made by Kidde are being recalled because they may not alert consumers to a fire, according to a notice from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission ...

In Consumer Reports' most recent tests of carbon monoxide alarms, three similar-looking off-brand alarms – the Foho YJ-806, the GoChange 882 LCD and the NetBoat WB_H3110061 – sold on Amazon and eBay, ...