Your home’s first line of defense against fires and smoke are its smoke detectors. These devices pick up on smoke in the air and alert you to its presence. The idea is that the alarm will activate and ...

When a fire starts at the far end of your home, the first alarm to sense smoke is rarely the one outside your bedroom. If ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) – We’ve all heard how important it is to install a standard smoke alarm in your house but what about for the deaf and hard of hearing? Smoke alarms cut the risk of dying in a ...

Fire and carbon monoxide incidents move fast, but your alarms do not have to be guesswork. If you match the right type of ...

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 ...

Smoke inhalation is the No. 1 cause of death in residential fires. Having a working smoke alarm reduces the chance of getting killed in a fire by more than half, according to the National Fire ...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) – At 3201 6th Avenue in Columbus, a vacant house on the corner of a block stands marred by black soot. Though the cause of the fire which happened on Saturday, April 15 is still ...

Members of the American Red Cross of Greater Pennsylvania teamed with Allegheny County Emergency Services for a live burn demonstration Oct. 6 in observation of Fire Prevention Week. The purpose of ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - Smoke detectors are often an afterthought, but the devices are important to saving lives. Hundreds of people made their way to the American Red Cross on April 11 for Sound the ...