Not all smoke detectors are created equal. It’s a subject that’s received attention recently with the deaths of five people in a house fire on New Jersey Street. A firefighting captain from Boston ...

BRISTOL, Tenn. - Did you know there are two types of smoke detectors? Both can save your life but they function differently. Those differences have sparked a lot of conversation, even in our newsroom.

Microchip Technology is offering a unique ASSP for residential and commercial safety applications. The RE46C180 is a single-chip ionization smoke detector device that allows the design of an ...

When a fire killed a mother and four children here in 2005, there was something peculiar: As fire trucks arrived, the apartment was full of smoke and had a working smoke detector, but it was not ...

Ionization Smoke alarms are effective when it comes to flaming fires, fires that are caused by ignition of flammable liquids, wood, paper, or open flames that ignite other items. First, ionization ...