Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Properly installed smoke detectors are often the first line of defense against a house fire, keeping the homeowner informed and ...

With the devastating news out of St. Paul about a home fire where four children age five and under died, one child is awake, and one child and the mother remain unconscious, it makes you examine what ...

That random chirp at 2:13 a.m. is enough to make a grown man question his life choices. You changed the battery. You pressed ...

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 ...

As the time change approaches on Sunday, Nov. 1, the Midland Fire Department wants to remind residents to make another change that could save their lives: Changing the batteries in their smoke alarms ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – The American Red Cross of Southern Missouri handed out free fire alarms this week, and will continue to do so this year. This is all part of the Red Cross Sound the Alarm Campaign, ...

Kidde announced three new home safety devices that it says respond to dangerous conditions 25 percent faster than the competition: a battery-powered smoke detector, a battery-powered smoke and carbon ...