Having smoke detectors with working batteries placed throughout your home is an important component of fire safety, but in order for them to be most effective, it also makes a difference where they’re ...

The best smoke detectors are loud and reliable, alerting you to a fire in an emergency. During testing, X-Sense and First ...

May 27 -- (HealthDay News) -- Smoke alarms are an inexpensive, yet vital, way to alert you and your family in the event of a fire. The Home Safety Council offers these guidelines to help you install ...

In a house fire, the people inside have just minutes to escape — and their lives can often be saved from properly installed and maintained smoke alarms throughout the home. Daylight saving time is ...

Volunteers, along with members of the Tulsa Fire Department partnered with the Red Cross of Oklahoma, going door to door to install smoke alarms in Tulsa homes free of charge. “It’s a pretty important ...

ATLANTA — The American Red Cross of Georgia is working to keep families safe before tragedy sparks. Volunteers and staff are working to educate people on how to prevent and respond to home fires while ...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WNDU) - Every day, seven lives are lost to home fires. But officials say having working smoke alarms can reduce the risk of death by half. That’s why the American Red Cross is ...

Volunteers are still needed for the Sound the Alarm smoke alarm installation drive scheduled for Saturday. Mayor Kim Ecklund said about 90 homes will receive up to four smoke alarms, but there aren’t ...

Spokane Fire Marshal Lance Dahl installs a smoke alarm Saturday at a Nevada Heights neighborhood home. (Garrett Cabeza / The Spokesman-Review) Buy this photo Fourteen fires have erupted in the Nevada ...

IT’S NEXT. ALL RIGHT. THANKS, MICHELE. ACROSS THE TRIAD, THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF DEADLY FIRES THIS WEEK. FIVE PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN FOUR SEPARATE FIRES. AMONG THE VICTIMS ARE TWO CHILDREN. NOW, ...