8 reasons your smoke detector is beeping and how to fix it

The sound and frequency of a smoke detector's beeping helps indicate what the problem is, from a false alarm to needing a new ...
CNET

Know Your Smoke Alarm: Here's What the Different Lights and Sounds Mean

No one tells you what those different beeps or on-off lights on your smoke detector mean. Here's what you need to know.

Electrical problem sparks two-alarm fire in basement of building on Boston University Medical Campus

At least two buildings at the Boston University Medical Campus had to be evacuated Wednesday afternoon due to reports of ...
WAMC

Scotia Fire Department responds to almost 30 false alarms in June

The Scotia Fire Department responded to almost 30 false alarms in June. Fire officials say the calls that started after a change in water pressure at The Glenville Business and Technology Park are ...
Daily Herald

Fire departments are handling more false alarms, so why isn’t there more concern?

Firefighters in Illinois responded to 17,437 more false alarms in 2024 than they did three years earlier when the Illinois State Fire Marshal first began tracking those figures. But while some of ...
The Shreveport Times

Shreveport Fire Department battles two-alarm blaze at problem apartment complex

Three units in the vacant Villa Norte Apartment complex in Shreveport caught fire on May 1. Nearly 40 firefighters responded to the scene and brought the fire under control within approximately 18 ...
WGRZ

Buffalo fire hydrants under scrutiny following 3rd-alarm fire

BUFFALO, N.Y. — A recent three-alarm fire on Buffalo's East side has raised serious questions about the city’s fire hydrant system. Buffalo Common Councilwoman Zeneta Everhart called on the Buffalo ...