The first time most people hear the quiet chirp of a smoke detector in the dead of winter, it feels like a minor nuisance. It’s easy to press a finger to the base, silence the sound and carry on. But ...

Even after my tests were done, I decided to upgrade certain smart home devices to full-time help. Here's what won out.

The sensor lineup includes smart plugs, air quality monitors, and motion detectors, and automatically connects to Sidewalk ...

Staying aware of your surroundings matters. That includes hearing smoke alarms, appliance beeps or a knock at the door. Still, real life gets busy. You wear headphones. You get focused. Sounds slip by ...

40/29'S ABNER SOSA IS LIVE IN FAYETTEVILLE TONIGHT WITH MORE. THE TESTING WILL HAPPEN TOMORROW AND TUESDAY. CITY OFFICIALS SAY RESIDENTS MIGHT SEE WHITE SMOKE AROUND THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT THERE'S ...

Ankeny fire officials say a smoke alarm their department installed helped alert a homeowner of a fire Monday morning. It happened around 8 a.m. Monday in the 500 block of SW Ash Drive near Uptown ...

NORCROSS, GA — An investigation is underway after a massive apartment fire in metro Atlanta damaged multiple units and displaced dozens of residents on Sunday evening. Fire crews responded to a fire ...

SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. -- A Spokane Valley family was able to escape an early morning house fire over the weekend thanks to working smoke alarms. According to the Spokane Valley Fire Department, ...

A new federal class-action lawsuit alleges two of the nation’s largest smoke-detector manufacturers misled consumers for decades about the ability of their alarms to warn people in time during common ...

LEXINGTON, N.C. (WGHP) — FOX8 has learned that the smoke alarms were not working in a deadly house fire that killed 2 women and a child in Lexington. At around 4:30 a.m. on Tuesday, a motorhome on ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WAND) - A homeowner escaped an overnight house fire in Champaign after their smoke alarm woke them. The Champaign Fire Department was called to a house in the 1300 block of ...

An ear-splitting smoke alarm siren is one of the worst midnight surprises. But it's even worse when your detector keeps beeping in the middle of the night but then stops and acts perfectly normal ...