Your smoke alarm’s chirp can be oddly reassuring, a small sound that suggests everything is still working. Yet the device making that noise may already be too old to reliably sense a real fire. The ...

So far in 2026, there have been 23 fire deaths in Mississippi. There were no working smoke alarms in at least 17 of those cases. Compare that to the 75 residential fire deaths in 2025, when there were ...

Almost every cook has set off a smoke alarm or two. Aside from fanning smoke out of the kitchen, it can be a good way to know that it is indeed still working. Smoke detectors inside the devices sense ...

Did you know that nearly two-thirds of home fire deaths happen in homes without working smoke alarms? Not homes without alarms. Homes with alarms that don't work. And most of the time, it's ...

As daylight saving time ends on Sunday, Nov. 2, the American Red Cross is urging you to test your smoke alarms while turning your clocks back.“Working smoke alarms cut the risk of dying in a home fire ...