A proposed language change to Frostburg’s smoke alarm ordinance is drawing criticism from the city’s fire chief.

It features a photoelectric sensor, making it a smart choice for placement near a kitchen, as ionization smoke detectors are more apt to go off if you burn a piece of toast. This smoke alarm has a ...

MARION TWP., Pa. - A reported structure fire quickly escalated in Stouchsburg, drawing multiple fire crews and leaving one person dead the day after Christmas. Firefighters got the call around 2 p.m.

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 ...

Fire department leaders point to research linking gradually increasing alert volume to smaller heart-rate increases.

Two‑alarm fire damages Helping Hand Mission on Rock Quarry Road. Crews say hoarding conditions made the response tougher; no injuries reported.

The recalled product is the LShome 3-Pack Smoke Detector Fire Alarms, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) wrote in a statement earlier this month. The affected alarm’s model number is ...

A three-alarm fire ripped through a high-occupancy building on the 400 block of Northampton Street in Easton on Friday, turning a busy stretch of downtown into an active disaster zone as smoke and ...

A three-alarm fire in Jamaica Plain sent a firefighter and a resident to the hospital early Wednesday morning. Boston Fire responded to the “heavy fire” at 98 Wyman St. at around 4:45 a.m. — which had ...

Smoke alarms sold on Amazon are being recalled after the company found they could be a fire hazard. The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) wrote in a Feb. 12 statement that the recall ...

More than 10,000 smoke detectors are being recalled because they may not sound in time during a fire, federal officials said. The recall affects about 11,000 LSHOME 3-Pack Smoke Detector Fire Alarms, ...

Thousands of smoke detector fire alarms sold exclusively on Amazon are being recalled over a sound issue that could pose a fire hazard. The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) said in a notice ...