The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has announced a recall for certain smoke alarms. These smoke alarms may malfunction, meaning they won’t alert people to smoke — and, by consequence, ...
Always assume a sounding smoke alarm means there’s a fire and you should get to safety as quickly as possible. But what do you do when it’s a false alarm that doesn’t stop? A scenario like that can be ...
About 328,000 smoke alarms sold nationwide and online by the Home Shopping Network — or as it now calls itself, HSN — are being recalled because the products can malfunction and fail to alert users of ...
No one tells you what those different beeps or on-off lights on your smoke detector mean. Here's what you need to know.
The National Fire Protection Association announced that “Smoke alarms: make them work for you!” is the theme for Fire Prevention Week Oct. 6 to 12. This year’s focus on working smoke alarms comes in ...
October and December, they said, and that 60% of those fires break out overnight — when a blaring smoke alarm could save ...
Smoke detectors were not functioning during a firework-related house fire on July Fourth near Buckner that killed two people and critically injured one, officials say, highlighting a danger officials ...
Carol BaldwinLocal Journalism Initiative ReporterWakaw Recorder The Government of Saskatchewan and the Saskatchewan Public ...
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — Fire Prevention Week kicks off Sunday, Oct. 6 and first responders across the Lowcountry want to make sure locals are staying safe. Running through Oct. 12, Fire Prevention ...