Most parents assume that if a smoke alarm is chirping away in the hallway, their sleeping children are protected. The ...

A recent study found that 80 percent of children sleep through smoke alarms. — -- While smoke detectors are credited with saving thousands of lives each year, some researchers suggest that you ...

Every year, countless lives are lost in home fires because there were no operating smoke detectors in the home. A report published by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) in 2024 reported ...

The only way to know your smoke alarm is functioning and ready (except for letting your turkey burn in the oven) is to test it. And tests don't just confirm that smoke detectors have power -- they can ...