Fire and carbon monoxide incidents move fast, but your alarms do not have to be guesswork. If you match the right type of detector to each room, you turn your house into a network of early warnings ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Properly installed smoke detectors are often the first line of defense against a house fire, keeping the homeowner informed and ...

The Spokane Fire Department can provide assistance with smoke alarms, with a program that’s prioritized for low-income homeowners in its service area. For more ...

If you bought a smoke alarm recently, it may not work when you need it the most. Kidde is recalling about 452,000 dual-sensor units sold in the U.S. and some 40,000 sold in Canada because a yellow cap ...

Daylight saving time is a reminder to change batteries in smoke detectors. Courtesy photo This weekend’s switch to daylight saving time is a reminder to change batteries in smoke detectors and carbon ...

The first time most people hear the quiet chirp of a smoke detector in the dead of winter, it feels like a minor nuisance. It ...

MEBANE, N.C. (AP) – Nearly 500,000 smoke detectors that might not be able to detect smoke are being recalled by a company based in North Carolina. The News & Observer reports the company Kidde has ...