Once, deep in sleep, my brain assured me that a nuclear meltdown was imminent in whatever phantom building I was in at the time, when in fact it was my alarm. I did not wake, apparently because ...

The idea for a smoke detector that lets parents record a message to tell young children what to do when there is a fire came in a dream, one of its inventors says. Eddie Fray was one of four inventors ...

“It’s 4 a.m. and what the hell is that beeping?!” If you haven’t been rudely awaken by your smoke alarm’s dying battery cries yet, just give it time. For such essential and potentially life-saving ...

PORT ANGELES — Free, talking smoke and carbon monoxide alarms — freely installed as well — are available from Clallam Fire District No. 2 to residents of the district west and east of the Port Angeles ...

The Rochester Fire Department held a holiday fire safety event on Wednesday, Dec. 3, at Aenon Baptist Church on Genesee ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google’s Nest Labs is releasing new versions of its surveillance-video camera and talking smoke detector as part of its attempt to turn homes into yet another thing that can be ...

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Nest Labs has a new gadget to sell and it's another little-noticed, pedestrian home device: smoke detectors. The Silicon Valley startup that elevated the lowly thermostat ...

If you are ever confronted with a fire or carbon monoxide situation in your home, it goes without saying that you would want an alarm that will give you the best chance to escape. That having been ...