Residential fires can develop quickly. A spark or a flash can turn into a fully engulfed fire in as little as 30 seconds, per the Canadian Red Cross. Once that happens, a family may only have minutes ...

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The Montreal Fire Department is reminding residents to change the batteries in their smoke alarms when the clocks go forward for daylight time. “It’s a way to remind people to change the batteries of ...

As people turn their clocks back at 2 a.m. Sunday as daylight savings time comes to an end, Waterloo Fire Rescue is reminding people to also swap out the old batteries in their smoke and carbon ...

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Your smoke alarm’s chirp can be oddly reassuring, a small sound that suggests everything is still working. Yet the device ...

The Fire Service urges people to test their smoke alarms at the same time they move their clocks forward an hour for Daylight Saving this weekend. “The simple fact is that smoke alarms save lives. We ...

Crews from {a href="http://www.firedistrict1.org/" target=_blank}Snohomish County Fire District 1 will be out in the community March 12 - Smoke Alarm Saturday - with ...

Saginaw, Mich (WNEM) – Daylight saving time starts March 9, and the Saginaw Fire Department (SFD) is encouraging residents to make changes that could save lives. With the clocks set to move up one ...

Massachusetts fire officials say it’s time to replace smoke and fire alarms purchased a decade ago after a change in fire codes. They urge residents to check the manufacturing date printed on the back ...