Installing them in the house is a good first step, but there’s a lot more to making sure they’re effective if a fire ignites.

Between 2014 and 2018, US fire departments responded to more than 350,000 house fires. That accounts for more than 25% of all fires in the country. Unsurprisingly, cooking and smoking are the most ...

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