Smoke detectors that only beep at night are acting up for a specific reason: Here's what can save your sanity and sleep.

When you move into or buy a new home, no one hands you a guide to how the smoke detectors work. They "chirp," which really means shriek loudly, and you occasionally have to put new batteries in them.

Ionization smoke alarms use a battery and two metal plates, called electrodes, to create an electrical circuit. Ions are tiny, electrically charged particles that flow through the circuit and between ...

(WHTM) — The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced the recall of more than 300,000 smoke alarms due to failure to alert consumers to a fire. According to the CPSC, approximately 328,000 ...

The City of Meadville Fire Department is urging residents to check their smoke alarms after an increase in non-certified ...

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 ...

Every month, Roseville Fire Capt. Michelle Cattaneo and Fire Marshal Bill Ciner visit residents at their homes to install smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors.

The Southern Arizona Chapter of the American Red Cross, in partnership with students from the University of Arizona College ...

In addition to smoke detectors, carbon monoxide (CO) detectors are essential for home safety. The best carbon monoxide detectors alert you when there's a potentially harmful concentration of this ...

Sault Ste. Marie Fire Services has received more than 300 new smoke and carbon monoxide alarms through a province-wide safety ...