For battery-operated smoke detectors, open the battery door on your smoke detector by catching your fingernail or a coin under the tab. This will reveal the battery bay. Your particular unit may ...

Generally, Cincinnati's housing and fire codes require smoke detectors. Tenants are responsible for maintaining them and ...

A 2004 telephone survey taken in the U.S. found that 96 percent of U.S. households had at least one smoke detector, but from 2003 to 2006, smoke alarms sounded in only half of reported home fires.

Q: I changed the batteries in my smoke detector, but when I tested it afterward nothing happened. The batteries are new, but the smoke detector is very old. I know that it’s hard-wired into my ...

The smoke detector itself, and not its battery, might require replacement to stop smoke alarm warnings. “Check the date of the smoke detector. If it is more than 10 years old, it may need to be ...

Replacing smoke alarm batteries can be a hassle. It always seems that just as soon as you've installed fresh ones, the low-battery warning is beeping at you again.

ST. LOUIS – Americans can cut the chance of dying in a home fire nearly in half by adopting the simple lifesaving habit of ensuring they have a working smoke alarm. This is why the International ...

Editor's note: The following is provided by the Citrus County Department of Public Safety, Fire Prevention Section. Early Sunday morning is the switch to daylight saving time, and it is a good ...

Is your smoke detector beeping for no reason? Many factors can trigger a false alarm. Here's what to do to silence the device.

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Daylight-Savings Time ends at 2 a.m. Sunday, and Fremont firefighters are reminding people to change their smoke detector batteries when they set their clocks back an hour before going to ...