Your smoke and carbon monoxide detectors quietly decide how much time you have to escape a fire, yet the tiny date code that ...

Cooking is the leading trigger for home fire alarms, yet the device you rely on to protect your family can become so annoying ...

Two years ago, a circuit breaker in my home’s electrical panel randomly failed and shorted out—and it began to melt and smoke. I called emergency services, and according to the firefighters who ...

Having a fire alarm in your garage is important, especially if your home has an attached garage or a garage near rooms where people sleep. Fires can spread quickly, and by the time a garage fire ...

The last 10 years or so have produced some colossal and deadly fire events that have destroyed whole towns, burned a record amount of acreage, and polluted skies for weeks. And wildfires are not just ...

WAILUKU, Hawaii (Island News) -- As fire season approaches, Hawai'i's emergency response personnel are launching new, cutting-edge technology to help them prevent blazes. Federal, state, and county ...

Seven months after the August wildfires on Maui, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Friday announced the implementation of new wildfire detection technology that can sense smoke and particles ...

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In our newest episode of the Untapped New York podcast, we’re doing a deep dive into one of New York City’s most recognizable pieces of street furniture: fire alarm call boxes. You know what we’re ...

Mar. 9—The fire sensor technology, which was developed by the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate and the U.S. Fire Administration in partnership with small business N5 ...