Most parents assume that if a smoke alarm is chirping away in the hallway, their sleeping children are protected. The uncomfortable truth is that a common placement choice, keeping detectors outside ...

Springfield families with deaf or hard of hearing children are receiving new bed shaker smoke alarms through a statewide fire safety partnership.

A recent study found that 80 percent of children sleep through smoke alarms. — -- While smoke detectors are credited with saving thousands of lives each year, some researchers suggest that you ...

When you move into or buy a new home, no one hands you a guide to how the smoke detectors work. They "chirp," which really means shriek loudly, and you occasionally have to put new batteries in them.

The Rockford Fire Department is offering free smoke alarm installations to local residents as part of a statewide safety initiative. The program, part of the 2nd Annual Statewide Smoke Alarm Blitz, ...

This three-alarm smoke detection system offers seamless, long-range interconnectivity and Wi-Fi support, giving you extra layers of fire security. The trouble with smoke alarms is that one alone ...