As cold temperatures and snow settle into 21Country, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is warning consumers about ...

Fire department working to clear backlog of installation requests within 72 hours.

CPSC estimates that portable heaters, including electric space heaters, are involved in an average of 1,600 fires per year, resulting in an average of 70 deaths and 150 injuries annually from 2020 to ...

Waukesha Fire Department offers free smoke alarms and installation services as part of Community Risk Reduction Week.

St. Tammany firefighters responded to a fire caused by an electrical issue; they urge smoke detector checks and offer free ...

Firefighting agencies are encouraging the public to make sure they have smoke alarms installed in their homes after two locals were killed in a Jan. 7 home fire. Grant County Fire District 3 Chief ...

Smoke alarms provide early warning, giving occupants critical time to escape, while carbon monoxide alarms alert residents to the presence of an invisible, odorless gas that can be deadly before ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Over 80 volunteers gathered Saturday in Dodge City to install 1,000 new 10-year battery smoke alarms in homes throughout the community. The event was part of a communitywide ...

A 4-1/2-year-old child who is hard-of-hearing can sleep more securely now that Buffalo Grove firefighters equipped his family’s home with one of the state’s first “bed shaker” smoke alarm systems. The ...

EASTHAMPTON — Western Mass. fire officials gathered at the Easthampton Public Safety complex on Oct. 29 to draw attention to a wave of smoke alarms that are nearing the end of their 10-year useful ...

The Fire Association of the State of New York urges residents to be prompted by the twice yearly Daylight Savings Time shifts to check batteries, function of home smoke, CO detectors. NY State ranks ...