Carbon monoxide is unforgiving, and the margin for error in how you place your detector is far smaller than most homeowners ...

That random chirp at 2:13 a.m. is enough to make a grown man question his life choices. You changed the battery. You pressed the test button. You even stood on a chair in your socks, squinting at the ...

On New Year’s Day at around 7:30p.m., Sunapee fire officials were called to Gardner Bay in Granliden for a fire alarm activation. When officials arrived, they were met by a neighbor who stated there ...

The Place Any Space smoke detector is stuffed with features—and some of the even pricier models in the product line offer even more—but we’re not sure that justifies their high price tags. When it ...

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 ...

The NFPA advises that when choosing a new fire alarm, make sure that it meets certain safety standards for protection. There are a few organizations that test and set such industry standards for fire ...

TRAVERSE CITY — Reports about a beeping bag Monday evening turned out to be a false alarm. Central Dispatch received calls about a suspicious bag hooked up to a utility pole in the 1100 block of South ...

Did you know that nearly two-thirds of home fire deaths happen in homes without working smoke alarms? Not homes without alarms. Homes with alarms that don't work. And most of the time, it's ...

An ear-splitting smoke alarm siren is one of the worst midnight surprises. But it's even worse when your detector keeps beeping in the middle of the night but then stops and acts perfectly normal ...