At a press conference on Wednesday, Fire Chief Christopher Norris held up a piece of mangled piece of metal and plastic. The unrecognizable melted mess was the remnants of a melted, battery-less smoke ...

A dreaded problem strikes homes of all kinds every night: A smoke alarm, once quiet during the day, suddenly chirps a blaring siren, often when everyone is in their deepest sleep. There's no sign of a ...

YOUR FAMILY SAFE. RIGHT NOW, THE ALARMS THAT WERE PURCHASED AND PUT IN PLACE TEN YEARS AGO ARE COMING TO THEIR END OF LIFE. OUR CONCERN IS THAT THIS WAVE OF SMOKE ALARMS IN HOMES ACROSS MASSACHUSETTS ...

Never borrow batteries: Do not take a battery from a smoke alarm to use elsewhere ... Clean the alarms: Vacuum or dust your smoke detectors regularly to remove any dust buildup that could interfere ...

Installing smoke detectors is the single best way to protect your home and family from fire. In fact, 43% of residential fire deaths occur in homes with no smoke detectors, according to the National ...

Sault Ste. Marie Fire Services also reminds you to install CO alarms in your home if you have a fuel-burning appliance, a ...

A LITTLE BIT. THANK YOU. ZANE. WELL, OCTOBER IS NATIONAL FIRE PREVENTION MONTH, ONE OF THE BIGGEST SAFETY TIPS SHARED BY DEPARTMENTS. CHECK YOUR FIRE ALARMS. YEAH. AND OVER THE WEEKEND TWO PEOPLE WERE ...

With the end of Daylight Savings Time just around the corner, State Fire Marshal Jon M. Davine and the Fire Chiefs Association of Massachusetts are reminding residents to ...

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A family in Middletown safely escaped a house fire early Thursday morning thanks to smoke detectors. Firefighters arrived to find heavy flames and had to switch to a defensive strategy to control the ...

FINDLAY, Ohio — The Red Cross installs free smoke detectors year-round through its Home Fire Campaign, and that effort made for a busy day Friday in Findlay, as 20 households got theirs replaced.

Fully discharging your Ryobi battery isn't a good idea, but you could inadvertently do so, especially after working all day on the job. Swapping it out should be a fairly easy process, but they can be ...