Protect Your Home—and Your Life—With These Top-Rated Smoke Alarms

The devices are essential, and it’s well worth considering the newest models.
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The detector date code you should check tonight and where it’s hidden

Your smoke and carbon monoxide detectors quietly decide how much time you have to escape a fire, yet the tiny date code that tells you whether they still work is easy to miss. That code is usually ...

Fire marshal urges Ohioans to check smoke alarms as clocks change

Ohio fire officials urge residents to check smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors when clocks 'spring forward' this ...
Columbia Basin Herald

Fire officials urge families to do annual safety checks

The first warm days of March tend to nudge people toward open windows, fresh air and long‑delayed chores. As closets are ...
Daily Hampshire Gazette

Sounding the alarm: State, local fire officials urge residents to replace old smoke detectors

Massachusetts State Fire Marshal Jon Davine speaks at a event at the Easthampton Fire Department to remind people to make sure they have working fire detectors. CAROL LOLLIS / Staff Photo EASTHAMPTON ...
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Check your smoke detectors: Fire officials urge Mass. residents to replace outdated alarms

Massachusetts fire officials say it’s time to replace smoke and fire alarms purchased a decade ago after a change in fire codes. They urge residents to check the manufacturing date printed on the back ...