The only way to know your smoke alarm is functioning and ready (except for letting your turkey burn in the oven) is to test it. And tests don't just confirm that smoke detectors have power -- they can ...

Your smoke alarm’s chirp can be oddly reassuring, a small sound that suggests everything is still working. Yet the device making that noise may already be too old to reliably sense a real fire. The ...

The life span of a smoke detector is limited. It can die but fool you like it still works. iStock / Getty Images/iStockphoto You’d think the worst part of owning a home would be something obvious — ...

Your smoke and carbon monoxide detectors quietly decide how much time you have to escape a fire, yet the tiny date code that ...