The author has long advised readers to return old smoke alarms to manufacturers. Then he tried doing it himself.

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Boulder conducts a controlled burn to reduce wildfire risk; residents advised not to call 911 for visible smoke.

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Watertown Fire Rescue responded to multiple calls on Sunday.

At 8:42 p.m., firefighters were called to the 14900 block of River Crossing for a fire alarm going off in a home. Upon firefighters’ arrival, nobody was home. Smoke was ...

Fire Calls March 20 At 4 a.m., firefighters were called to the 4100 block of 131st Street for a report of a carbon monoxide alarm going off in a home. Upon arrival, firefighters reported hearing a ...

A group of South Korean researchers has developed an intelligent fire detection technology that drastically reduces false ...

A group of South Korean researchers has developed an intelligent fire detection technology that drastically reduces the false alarm incidents, which go off in the absence of a real fire, and is on the ...

The city of Wheeling and its surrounding areas experienced an increase in household fires this January compared to the same ...

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