Smoke detectors save lives in emergencies. However, false alarms occur frequently - for example, due to excessive steam in the kitchen or low batteries. What should you do when the smoke detector ...

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 ...

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, ...

(Mass Appeal) – Don’t forget that this Saturday, before you go to bed, move your clock an hour ahead. And there’s one more, very important, potentially life saving, thing you should also be doing this ...

AI trained to recognise fire is among the latest developments in fire alarm tech.

Smoke alarms are supposed to be in every bedroom, outside each sleeping area and on each level of every home. But in many homes, they’re sitting on a table with the battery ripped out after being ...

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 ...

Firefighters across Green Country want to make sure everyone has a working smoke detector in their home. They say they are concerned with how many people are not aware smoke detectors can expire and ...

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 ...

Communities nationwide witness tragic home-fire deaths each year. Approximately 1,000 children under the age of 20 die annually in house fires, an average of nearly three children a day. This number ...

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 ...