The Kidde Ring measures 1.8 by 5 by 5 inches (HWD) and weighs 1.3 pounds. It’s a hardwired device that contains black (hot) and white (neutral) wires, as well as a red wire used to interconnect ...

From smart smoke detectors to speakers that can listen for alarms, I've rounded up the best fire defenses your home should have.

The SC07-WX is powered by a single included CR123A battery, which should be replaced annually. Its built-in Bluetooth and Wi-Fi (2.4GHz) radios allow you to connect the alarm to the X-Sense Home ...

"Our concern is that a wave of smoke alarms in homes across Massachusetts won’t be reliable in the months ahead." ...

If you followed the standard advice, you changed the batteries in your smoke detector last month when we went off daylight-saving time. Though valuable, changing the battery in a smoke detector is ...

Many Massachusetts smoke alarms will need replacing in the coming months, fire officials warned Tuesday. The state Department ...

There are a lot of objects in your home you may not even think about until one of two things happens: Either it malfunctions, ...

Back in 2011, a company called Nest introduced a smarter thermostat, one that tracked heating habits, and had a touchscreen interface, and was WiFi-enabled so you could control it from your phone. By ...

October and December, they said, and that 60% of those fires break out overnight — when a blaring smoke alarm could save ...

From cell phones and tool batteries to portable chargers and smoke detectors, lithium-ion batteries can be found in pieces of ...

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has recalled 440,000 Nest Protect smoke alarms. They were recalled because the "Wave" feature, which disables the alarm sound if a person waves at the ...