Kitchen smoke alarms are supposed to protect you from the leading cause of home fires, not punish you every time you sear a ...

Cooking is the leading trigger for home fire alarms, yet the device you rely on to protect your family can become so annoying ...

Smoke detectors: Can’t cook with them, won’t survive a midnight blaze without them. If you spend any time in the kitchen, a food-triggered false alarm has probably happened to you. But you can stop ...

I can’t say I gave ventilation much thought in the first three decades of my life, but the pandemic changed that. Once it became known that COVID-19 is airborne—and that open windows, a fan, and/or an ...

Smoke detectors are essential home safety fixtures, but some can be a bit overzealous—sounding their alarm if you leave your English muffin in the toaster a minute or two too long. Of course you want ...

Nesquehoning firefighters are breathing a little easier since the borough fire commissioner asked residents of an apartment building to alert emergency dispatchers when cooking triggers alarms. For ...

Richard Baguley has been writing about technology for over 20 years. He has written for publications such as Wired, Macworld, USA Today, Reviewed.com. Amiga Format and many others. Essentially born ...