A smoke alarm sitting quietly on a ceiling may look harmless, but behind that plastic cover lies a ticking time bomb of risk ...

They're absolutely vital for your safety – but when was the last time you checked your smoke alarm? According to our home maintenance experts, now, in October, is the perfect time to do so, ...

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The The National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is accepting applications for grants to encourage behaviors that will improve ...

Push the button and bear the piercing sound at least twice per year, advise experts who stress the importance of testing smoke alarms. Most people probably agree, but actually doing it is the hard ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — This Sunday, when residents of New York “spring forward’’ to welcome Daylight Saving Time by moving their clocks one hour ahead, safety authorities encourage us to change the ...

NORFOLK, Va. — This past week a fire in Portsmouth took the lives of a mother and two of her young children. The fire broke out in a rented duplex on Neville Street. Investigators confirmed it was ...

No one tells you what those different beeps or on-off lights on your smoke detector mean. Here's what you need to know. Tyler Lacoma Editor / Home Security and Smart Home Tyler has worked on, lived ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — A few loud beeps could save your family's and your life. Sunday began National Fire Prevention Week and this year's focus is "Smoke Alarms: Make them work for you." There are a ...