Evansville firefighters go door-to-door to install fire detectors, at no cost to homeowner

Volunteers say their goal is to make sure every home has working detectors, so families the early warning they need to get ...

Father, son, dog killed in overnight fire in Hempstead in building without working smoke detectors

A father and son died in an overnight fire on Long Island. Kenneth Roberts, 42, and his son Mekhi, 12, were trapped in intense smoke inside a basement apartment.

The 4 Best Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarms

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 ...
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Replicating A Nuclear Event Detector For Fun And Probably Not Profit

Last year, we brought you a story about the BhangmeterV2, an internet-of-things nuclear war monitor. With a cold-war-era ...
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Real-time event notifications with NodeMCU Arduino tutorial

In this video I've created a device that can notify in real time about events that happen on a website. The project uses NodeMCU board and a buzzer to produce sound as alert. The board is programmed ...
Hoodline

Melted Framingham Smoke Alarm Spurs Fiery Warning From Firefighters

Framingham firefighters are using a truly chilling image to get residents' attention: a smoke alarm so badly melted it is barely recognizable. After posting the photo on Wednesday, the department ...
Lake and McHenry County Scanner

Residents reminded to change smoke detector batteries as clocks ‘spring forward’ after structure fires in Libertyville, Antioch

Fire officials are reminding residents to use the start of daylight saving time to check and replace the batteries in their ...