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 ...

When the temperature drops, a lot of homes suddenly sound like they are hosting a flock of electronic birds. Those short, sharp chirps from your smoke alarms are not random, and they tend to cluster ...

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 ...

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’s easy to press a finger to the base, silence the sound and carry on. But ...

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 ...