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’s easy to press a finger to the base, silence the sound and carry on. But ...

A new federal class-action lawsuit alleges two of the nation’s largest smoke-detector manufacturers misled consumers for decades about the ability of their alarms to warn people in time during common ...

WILKES-BARRE — A fire ripped through a home on Dana Street on Monday morning near the intersection of Farley Lane. Wilkes-Barre fire crews responded with urgency and “made sure everyone was safe,” ...

There is literally nothing more annoying than a faulty smoke detector. One that is completely broken and doesn't go off in a fire could be called annoying, but I'd call it a hazard first. That's bad.

The Springfield Fire Department is offering free smoke alarm installations to residents as part of a statewide initiative to improve fire safety. The program, known as the "Be Alarmed! Smoke Alarm ...

We independently review everything we recommend. When you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. Learn more› By Liam McCabe Modern homes are full of synthetic materials that burn fast and ...

SimpliSafe is taking a much more affordable approach to smart smoke and carbon monoxide detection with one listener device that detects alarms. Incidentally, this is a familiar Google Nest feature ...

Thousand Oaks, Calif.-based HCA Healthcare’s Los Robles Health System has created a tool that acts as a “smoke detector for sepsis,” according to an Aug. 26 news release shared with Becker’s. The ...

The satellite smoke alarms in this MR31 system are larger and more dated than those in X-Sense’s petite FS31 system, but the addition of voice alerts adds extra peace of mind. X-Sense’s XS0B-MR31 ...

A couple of years ago, a curious, then-16-year-old hacker named Reynaldo Vasquez-Garcia was on his laptop at his Portland-area high school, seeing what computer systems he could connect to via the ...

This three-alarm smoke detection system offers seamless, long-range interconnectivity and Wi-Fi support, giving you extra layers of fire security. The trouble with smoke alarms is that one alone ...