However, as smoke alarm companies discovered, temperature plays a big role in how batteries perform. Hotter temps create less electrical resistance and amp up battery activity, while colder temps do ...

State Fire Marshal Jon Davine and the Fire Chiefs Association of Massachusetts are teaming up this month to draw attention to ...

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -The fall dry season has re-established itself now a week after the wet spell of late September. The result is a spree of Top 10 worthy days featuring warm sun by day and cool ...

A Lebanon home that caught fire over the weekend and quickly became engulfed with 10 people inside had working smoke detectors, investigators said. Four people were killed in the Sunday morning blaze ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - We’re still tracking major Hurricane Humberto moving NW around 10 MPH. This storm is still expected to weaken as it tracks closer to Bermuda through Tuesday afternoon. Then, it ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Tropical Storm Imelda is expected to lift northward towards the Lowcountry early next week! First Alert Weather Days have been issued for Monday and Tuesday in advance of ...

LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — It’s a FIRST ALERT Weather Day as thunderstorms loom over the Las Vegas Valley Friday and are predicted to continue into the weekend. FOX5 meteorologists are tracking the storms’ ...

TONIGHT: Clear skies for most of the area, chance of dense fog near the Indiana state line, Hancock County, Putnam County and Allen County, lows in the mid 50s. FRIDAY: Mostly sunny, pleasant, upper ...

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) -- A northwest Harris County business owner says he was surprised to learn thousands of his smoke detectors were linked to an out-of-state crime ring. Court records police ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - A couple of showers and storms linger across the region this evening but this action becomes more isolated into Friday. Skies become partly sunny for many with temps reaching ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Much-needed rain could be here sooner than you think! Moisture is continuing to make its way through the state, impacting most of West Alabama earlier today and rolling east.