Through its "Sound the Alarm Program," the American Red Cross is saving thousands of lives by installing fire alarms.

Now the organization is moving from response to prevention. The Red Cross calls the campaign a “community-wide effort” to ...

FAMILY EVEN EASIER. SIMON GUNSTOCK AND HIS FAMILY WERE LUCKY TO MAKE IT OUT OF THEIR HOME AFTER A DRYER CAUGHT FIRE. SMOKE IS LIKE WHITE SMOKE BILLOWING OUT OF THE DRYER AREA. IT JUST WENT SO FAST. IT ...

Having a fire alarm in your garage is important, especially if your home has an attached garage or a garage near rooms where people sleep. Fires can spread quickly, and by the time a garage fire ...

Smoke alarms are key to reducing fire deaths. However, plenty of homes lack the recommended number of smoke alarms. How do you improve getting smoke alarms into homes? It starts with getting accurate ...

An Arlington Heights couple is spreading the word about a simple precaution that they believe saved their home, if not their ...

Smoke alarms save lives. They are everyone’s first line of defense against fires. But all too often, the Chattanooga Fire ...

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) -The Grand Junction Fire Department is encouraging residents to adopt new fire safety habits as ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) - Working smoke alarms allowed occupants to get outside their house during a fire, firefighters say. Davenport fire crews responded about 5 a.m. Thursday to the 5900 block of ...

After a recent increase in the number of house fires in the Hastings area, the local fire chief is reminding people to take precautions.

A councillor has reiterated the importance of working smoke alarms after a "devastating" fire ripped through a home on Richardson Way ...

The Chattanooga Fire Department CFD) will be hosting a smoke alarm drive Monday, January 19 at 10 a.m. at Chattanooga Fire ...