The start of the new year is the perfect time to double check your home's smoke alarms to be sure they're properly installed ...

Your smoke alarm’s chirp can be oddly reassuring, a small sound that suggests everything is still working. Yet the device ...

Properly installed smoke detectors are often the first line of defense against a house fire, keeping the homeowner informed and ready to take action. However, it's important that the smoke detector ...

We’ve all been there. It’s 2 a.m. and you hear an eardrum-piercing beep. Your first reaction is to cover your head with a pillow and pretend it never happened. Eventually the slow chirping takes ...

When smoke or carbon monoxide alarms fail to sound, the problem is often hiding in plain sight: the specific model you own and whether it is still performing as designed. To know if your devices are ...

The First Alert Z-Wave FSMCO410BX is part of the Smoke & Carbon Monoxide Detectors test program at Consumer Reports. In our lab tests, Combination Smoke & Carbon Monoxide Detector models like the ...

Smoke alarms save lives, but one model may pose a serious safety hazard. Greg Emel found out the hard way when his alarm went off in the middle of the night. The sound switched to the low-battery ...

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 ...

If you’ve bought a smoke alarm from Amazon recently, you may want to double-check that it actually meets U.S. safety standards. The Wirecutter recently uncovered that several of the best-selling smoke ...

Taylor worked with AP from 2018 to 2025, most recently as Google Editor. Google officially stopped producing the Nest Protect connected smoke detector in March. Existing units will continue to ...

ESSEX Firefighters are highlighting the importance of having working smoke alarms today, after a family were given early ...