Smoke and gas detectors are effective fire safety technologies that form the first lines of defence against smoke and fire by providing a precious early warning. According to the National Fire ...

The reality is that there are different types of fire detectors designed to detect specific fire conditions, including smoke, heat and flame. The right detector can make all the difference when it ...

NEW ORLEANS — If a fire breaks out in your house, seconds matter. That's why most of us have smoke detectors to alert us. But did you know there are two different kinds? St. Tammany Fire ...

A regular old-school smoke detector, or an ionization-type smoke alarm, contains a small amount of radioactive material between two electrically charged plates.

Ionization smoke alarms are the oldest and most common type to find in a home. They are most effective at detecting open-flame fires, which Covey says were most common decades ago but have been ...

ST. TAMMANY PARISH, La. — If a fire breaks out in your house, seconds matter. That's why most of us have smoke detectors to alert us. But did you know there are two different kinds? St. Tammany ...

People on both sides of the debate are quick to say every home should have some type of smoke detector on every floor. The devices have cut residential fire deaths in half in the past 30 years.

The hazards of smoke inhalation are often underestimated, yet twice as many people die from breathing smoke from fires than die from burns, and smoke and deadly gases from a fire spread farther and ...