Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Everyone's well aware of how important smoke detectors are, but there's another early-warning system every home should have.

Three out of five fire deaths happen in homes with either no smoke alarms or no working alarms, but Consumer Reports has revealed their top picks to help keep your family and belongings safe. Stream ...

CR's testers say these models from First Alert, Kidde, Siterwell, and Universal Instruments are great at protecting you and your loved ones from harm A good combination detector will respond to flames ...

Carbon monoxide can be deadly. Every year, over 400 people in the U.S. die unintentionally from CO poisoning, and more than 100,000 wind up in emergency rooms, according to the Centers for Disease ...

The ability to sense carbon monoxide (CO) with a smoke and CO detector can mean the difference between life and death. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 400 ...

The Aotiqual Portable Carbon Monoxide Detector SN-CO305 is part of the Smoke & Carbon Monoxide Detectors test program at Consumer Reports. In our lab tests, Portable Carbon Monoxide Detector models ...

During the cold winter season, many people are proactively looking for ways to reduce energy consumption and lower costs.

It’s a colorless and odorless gas created when natural fuels burn incompletely due to low oxygen amounts. Carbon monoxide can ...

Actor Gene Hackman, his wife, Betsy Arakawa, and one of their dogs were found dead in their New Mexico home on Thursday. While authorities do not suspect foul play, early speculation suggests carbon ...

STATE HISTORY. LAST MONTH, A FAMILY OF FOUR IN WAKEFIELD DIED FROM PRESUMED CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. THE FIRE MARSHAL’S OFFICE SAID THEY HAD NO DETECTORS IN THEIR HOME. A NEW GRANT PROGRAM HOPES TO ...