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.

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There’s never a bad time to invest in home fire safety, and the best place to start is checking your home’s smoke alarms to ensure they’re working properly. These invaluable devices protect you and ...

A CPSC warning urges consumers to stop using certain JNHCD combination smoke and carbon monoxide detectors because they may fail to alert households to dangerous smoke and fire. Check your detectors, ...

Your easy guide for testing any type of smoke detector at home, from smart and wireless to traditional and wired. The only way to know your smoke alarm is functioning and ready (except for letting ...