Fire and carbon monoxide incidents move fast, but your alarms do not have to be guesswork. If you match the right type of detector to each room, you turn your house into a network of early warnings ...

Q: Our condo already prohibits any smoking in common areas or on balconies. Now it’s considering demanding that smokers seal/close their air return vents — where smoke can easily pass from one unit to ...

Smoke alarms save lives, but if they shriek every time you sear a steak or run a hot shower, you are more likely to silence or disable them than to trust them. The real fix is not to lower your guard, ...