No one tells you what those different beeps or on-off lights on your smoke detector mean. Here's what you need to know.

Whether you're renting a new place or sleeping at a home you've lived in for years, a nasty surprise waits at night: The ...

Juan has been a home inspector for 10 years and runs a successful home inspection company in Richmond, VA. He loves inspecting homes, but his real passion is educating home owners and newer inspectors ...

Throwing smoke detectors away in household trash or recycling poses its own fire hazard, according to the Department of Fire ...

Alina Bradford has been writing how-tos, tech articles and more for almost two decades. She currently writes for CNET's Smart Home Section, MTVNews' tech section and for Live Science's reference ...

Fire safety is not just alarms and extinguishers but designing a system that avoids tragedies altogether. Intelligent devices ...

Why are you reading about smoke detectors, may you ask? Well, for one, they can save your life — indicating the onset of a fire at home. According to the “Smoke Alarms in US Home Fires” report by the ...

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 ...

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 Peoria Fire Department and the Office of the Illinois Fire Marshal held a press conference to stress the importance of ...

"Heads-Up. There's smoke in the hallway,” a firm, direct female voice announced. “The alarm may sound." It was 1:30 in the morning, and everyone in the house was startled out of sleep. The Nest ...

Smoke and carbon monoxide (CO) detectors–sometimes one in the same device, in other cases, discrete products–warn of imminent danger, so you can get out of your home as soon as possible. The smart ...