However, as smoke alarm companies discovered, temperature plays a big role in how batteries perform. Hotter temps create less electrical resistance and amp up battery activity, while colder temps do ...

Protect your home the right way. This tutorial shows how to hardwire a smoke and CO detector combo, including how to locate ...

Gwinnett County firefighters are conducting door-to-door visits to deliver an urgent safety message after a record year of fire deaths in the county.

“One of the most frustrating and heartbreaking events that we encounter is a fatal fire in a home with disabled smoke alarms, ...

A San Diego police officer driving by, saw smoke coming from an apartment at 12700 Rancho Peñasquitos Boulevard, early Sunday morning. The officer stopped and was able to help evacuate people living ...

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 ...

A Lebanon home that caught fire over the weekend and quickly became engulfed with 10 people inside had working smoke detectors, investigators said. Four people were killed in the Sunday morning blaze ...

“Smoke alarms can make a life-saving difference in a home fire, but they have to be working in order to protect people,” said Lorraine Carli, vice president of Outreach and Advocacy at NFPA. “This ...

A MAJOR mobile phone network has announced it is "ramping up" its shutdown of a long-running service. The move means thousands of customers in the UK will lose access to the internet in just weeks. O2 ...

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — No one was hurt after a fire broke out at a home in Battle Creek early Sunday, according to the Battle Creek Fire Department. Firefighters were called on reports of light smoke ...

The Compass-Anywhere merger has drawn both praise for its boldness and concern about its implications for the industry. Small brokerages worry about reduced access to listings, while agents fear less ...