A smoke alarm sitting quietly on a ceiling may look harmless, but behind that plastic cover lies a ticking time bomb of risk if it’s expired or malfunctioning. Every year, thousands of home fires ...

As Daylight Saving Time starts this Sunday, fire safety officials are encouraging residents to take a few minutes to make sure their smoke alarms are working pr ...

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The The National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is accepting applications for grants to encourage behaviors that will improve ...

NORFOLK, Va. — This past week a fire in Portsmouth took the lives of a mother and two of her young children. The fire broke out in a rented duplex on Neville Street. Investigators confirmed it was ...

Fire protection is a very important topic for students who live in shared apartments. Many students move away from home for the first time. As a result, they may not always think about safety in their ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — This Sunday, when residents of New York “spring forward’’ to welcome Daylight Saving Time by moving their clocks one hour ahead, safety authorities encourage us to change the ...

No one tells you what those different beeps or on-off lights on your smoke detector mean. Here's what you need to know. Tyler Lacoma Editor / Home Security and Smart Home Tyler has worked on, lived ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — A few loud beeps could save your family's and your life. Sunday began National Fire Prevention Week and this year's focus is "Smoke Alarms: Make them work for you." There are a ...

A 60-year-old woman died in a fire at a housing association property which had two incorrectly installed battery-operated ...