An expert shares the best spots to put a smoke detector in your home to ensure your household is safe in the event of a fire. Installing a smoke detector is crucial to maintaining a safe home ...

The “Change Your Clocks, Change Your Batteries” campaign created by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) encourages homeowners to change their smoke detector batteries whenever they're ...

These smoke detectors will alert you in a timely manner in case of emergency and won't break the bank. Laboratory Technical Project Manager Gianmarco Chumbe has been part of the CNET Home team ...

When smoke enters the detector, it disrupts the flow of current and activates the alarm. Ionization smoke alarms work best on ...

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Replacing smoke alarm batteries can be a hassle. It always seems that just as soon as you've installed fresh ones, the low-battery warning is beeping at you again. Many homeowners wonder why their ...

Newly released survey findings show nearly all U.S. households now have at least one smoke alarm, but 61 percent test them less often than recommended. According to the latest “Smoke Alarms in ...

In addition to smoke detectors, carbon monoxide (CO) detectors are essential for home safety. The best carbon monoxide detectors alert you when there's a potentially harmful concentration of this ...