Cooking is the leading trigger for home fire alarms, yet the device you rely on to protect your family can become so annoying near the kitchen that you are tempted to silence it or take it down. The ...

Smoke alarms aren't just noisy gadgets that chirp when your toast burns. They're essential, life-saving devices required by law in most homes around the country ...

Adding smarts to smoke detection can feel like walking a treacherous path. Old-fashioned smoke detectors have served as a fine warning system for a long time. Yes, between false alarms and low-battery ...

Fire and carbon monoxide incidents move fast, but your alarms do not have to be guesswork. If you match the right type of detector to each room, you turn your house into a network of early warnings ...

A $130 smoke detector aims to replace your annoying, beeping smoke detector. Oct. 8, 2013 — -- In 2012, Tony Fadell, a former Apple executive who has been widely credited as the father of the ...

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 ...

ROCKFORD (WREX) — Rockford firefighters are stressing the importance of smoke detectors Tuesday after an overnight house fire that could have been much worse. The Rockford Fire Department says they ...