Smoke alarms expire after 10 years, reducing their effectiveness. Learn how to check your alarms, signs they need replacing, ...

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Tiny tech can offer big safety benefits in homes and apartments without spending too much or getting in the way. Here are my favorites.

A well-installed panel box is the mark of an excellent electrician. If yours is mounted on a solid structure, like ¾-inch plywood on studs properly fastened to a block wall, and the incoming wires are ...

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It is 2 a.m., and the household is blissfully and restfully asleep. Suddenly, filtered though the haze of sleep and dreams, comes a familiar and unwelcome whisper: Chirp. Maybe it’s just imagination; ...

Many “safety” gadgets are easy to hack. Learn which devices put your privacy at risk and how to protect yourself.

Fire and EMS crews in Prince George County are reminding residents the importance of having working smoke detectors after responding to residential fire on July 26.

The Victoria Fire Department Fire Marshal’s Office’s incentive program “Operation Installation” continues to provide residents with free smoke detectors and installations. The program ...

Fire officials emphasize that smoke detectors are especially critical during nighttime fires when families may be asleep and unaware of danger.

A smoke detector alerted a family on Saginaw's West Side to a fire within a child's bedroom, giving them time to escape the house without injury. The fire department provides and installs ...

Working smoke alarms allow occupants to get outside their house during a fire, firefighters say.