He is in charge of developing and carrying out testing procedures for a wide variety of home appliances and smart devices including robot vacuums, smoke/CO detectors and air conditioning units.

MENTOR, Ohio (WJW) – A Mentor man was reportedly woken up by his smoke detector, alerting him that his home was on fire. The fire department said the smoke detector saved his life. According ...

In the fire report, First Alert 6 Investigates discovered smoke detectors were not present. They’re required in rental properties, even ones like this building built more than a century ago.

For years, owners of Google’s Nest Protect smoke detector have been asking when their devices would make the leap from the older Nest app to Google Home, and the answer was always the same ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Over 300,000 smoke detectors were recalled after multiple reports said the product failed to work when smoke was present. About 328,000 Samurai-branded mini smoke alarms have ...

Three61, the Florida-based company that imported the smoke detectors, received eight reports of the alarms failing to activate in the presence of smoke, according to the notice. No other injuries ...

Do not place a smoke detector near a window, door leading outside, or near a ventilation duct. A smoke detector should be replaced every 10 years, according to the U.S. Fire Administration.

Smoke alarms aren't just beeping annoyances that go off when a breaker flips or your cooking gets a little zesty. These detectors are vital, legally required security systems in residential homes ...

Cleveland firefighters are working with the Western Reserve Fire Museum to accept donations to purchase combination detectors, which alert for the presence of smoke and carbon monoxide ...

While one of the victims called 911 to report the fire, investigators reportedly found no working smoke detectors in the property. “Having working smoke alarms gives you that early notification ...

Two other children, ages 7 and 10, survived. Winstrom said the 46-year-old mother removed seven smoke detectors from the house and poured lighter fluid before setting the fire. She was outside ...