Officials with the American Red Cross of Southwest Georgia, Columbus Fire & EMS, and volunteers plan to install nearly 80 free smoke alarms in local homes on Saturday. This ...

Illegal Basement Bedrooms Without Proper Egress The most common code violation inspectors discover during basement inspections involves the creation of illegal bedrooms without proper emergency escape ...

Framingham firefighters are using a truly chilling image to get residents' attention: a smoke alarm so badly melted it is barely recognizable. After posting the photo on Wednesday, the department ...

One person was killed, another remains missing and several others were injured after a four-alarm fire tore through a private home in Queens on Monday, FDNY officials said. Assistant Chief David Simms ...

Curt Isakson explains why a supervising officer, an incident operations officer and, sometimes, a safety officer and a water supply officer are needed for the complexity that ...

For Oklahoma City residents needing alarms, OKCFD has you covered. “All you have to do is give us a call, 316 beep, our firefighters will come out and install not just one, as many smoke alarms as you ...

The Red Cross is looking for volunteers for their Sound the Alarm initiative. This community event helps families stay safe by educating them about home fire safety and how to properly install free ...

A woman who died in a vape fire in her cell may have been saved if the prison was fitted with automatic alarms, an inquest ...

A study found that alert systems using an immediately loud sound increased firefighter heart rates by a median of seven beats a minute, compared with five beats a minute under a system that phased in ...

Firefighters in St. Louis are installing 1,000 smoke alarms this weekend as part of the “Smoke Alarm Blitz” initiative, in partnership with the Red Cross, to help prevent fire-related ...

As we "Spring Forward" this weekend, Pa. State Fire Commissioner Tom Cook is urging Pennsylvanians to check their smoke alarm batteries.