Three of every five home fire deaths take place in homes without working smoke alarms. That's why the focus of this year's Fire Prevention Week is on ensuring residents have functioning smoke alarms ...

Article 760 covers the installation of wiring and equipment for fire alarm systems. Residential smoke alarm systems, including interconnecting wiring, are not covered by Art. 760 because they are not ...

CARBONDALE, Ill. (KFVS) - Firefighters will install smoke alarms for free for Carbondale residents. The program goes along with the Carbondale Fire Department’s participation in a statewide smoke ...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — Local fire and EMS paired up with the American Red Cross to help over 300 community members get smoke alarms in their homes Saturday morning. “Sound the Alarm” is an annual ...

Working smoke alarms reduce the risk of dying in a home fire by 60%, according to the latest report from the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). The majority of civilian home fire deaths ...

October is Fire Prevention Month, and volunteers with the Rotary Club, the American Red Cross and Thornton Fire Department spent their day on Saturday making sure residents were ready. "Fire and smoke ...

Through its "Sound the Alarm Program," the American Red Cross is saving thousands of lives by installing fire alarms.

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 ...