Your home’s first line of defense against fires and smoke are its smoke detectors. These devices pick up on smoke in the air and alert you to its presence. The idea is that the alarm will activate and ...

Volunteers are still needed for the Sound the Alarm smoke alarm installation drive scheduled for Saturday. Mayor Kim Ecklund said about 90 homes will receive up to four smoke alarms, but there aren’t ...

CADILLAC— The Red Cross’ annual ‘Sound the Alarm’ project will soon be underway. The Red Cross will be in Michigan neighborhoods sharing information on the importance of smoke alarms. The northern ...

In a house fire, the people inside have just minutes to escape — and their lives can often be saved from properly installed and maintained smoke alarms throughout the home. The National Fire ...

BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - The American Red Cross is utilizing volunteers in different communities to test and install smoke alarms— a part of the Sound the Alarm campaign. The campaign is an effort ...

In the February 2024 issue, I introduced the what rules – the category of rules that tell us what to install in a building, typically segmented by occupancy classification and maximum allowable ...

Should a house fire strike, you don’t want to leave your safety and well-being up to chance. In fact, each year in the U.S., close to 2,000 people lose their lives in residential fires. That’s why ...

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 ...

The American Red Cross Metro New York North chapter is hosting a smoke alarm installation giveaway for New Rochelle residents on Saturday, May 3. All residents of the Lower Hudson Valley without ...

When residents were responsible for smoke alarms, some had been installed incorrectly, there were too few of them or they were missing entirely, according to the interior ministry.