State expands free smoke alarm program to include carbon monoxide detectors after winter storm

A program provided through the State Fire Marshal’s Office offering free smoke detectors is expanding to offer free carbon monoxide detectors following related deaths in last month’s ...

Tennessee’s free fire alarm program expands to include carbon monoxide detectors

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - Tennesseans can now get free carbon monoxide detectors from the state. It’s part of an expansion of ...

Philadelphia Fire Department to install free smoke detectors in areas surrounding recent fatal fires

The Philadelphia Fire Department is set to visit neighborhoods that recently experienced fatal fires to distribute and ...
WCBD News 2

St. Johns Fire District canvases Wadmalaw neighborhood, providing free smoke alarms

The St. Johns Fire District took preventative measures on Wadmalaw Island, bringing fire safety directly to the community. St ...
WCBD News 2

Firefighters to canvass Wadmalaw Island neighborhoods to ensure residents have working smoke alarms

A recent deadly house fire on Wadmalaw Island has prompted fire officials to ensure residents have access to working smoke detectors. Personnel from the St. John’s ...
Tennessean

Toms River smoke shop robber tried using zip ties on female employee

A man robbed the Noble Smoke Shop on Route 37 in Toms River about 6 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 19. He tried to restrain a female employee using zip ties, police said. Police are urging anyone with ...
ABC 7 Chicago

Suburban couple says free smoke detector installed by firefighters helped save their lives

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (WLS) -- An Arlington Heights couple is spreading the word about a simple precaution that they believe saved their home, if not their lives. Although a kitchen fire gutted the ...
Maple Leaf

Bainbridge Fire Dept. Urge Smoke Detector Use After House Fire

A Bainbridge Township house fire early Dec. 20 ended without injuries thanks to working smoke detectors, prompting the Bainbridge Fire Department to remind residents how critical the devices can be ...
ZDNet

Linus Torvalds is 'a huge believer' in using AI to maintain code - just don't call it a revolution

Torvalds says AI is now genuinely useful for Linux maintainers. Linux 6.18 was the kind of release he likes: boring and stable. Torvalds is calmer now, but some things still make him testy. At Open ...
BGR

5 Everyday NASA Inventions And Electronics In Your Home

In 1958, during the height of the Cold War, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed what was known as the National Aeronautics and Space Act into law. The goal of the legislation was to create an agency ...
Government Technology

Texas Contemplates Ethics Code for Government Use of AI

The Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) has proposed a new statewide Code of Ethics for the use of artificial intelligence systems in government. The code, published in the Nov. 7 issue of ...
CNET

Does Your Smoke Alarm Keep Beeping at Night? We Found The Reason

An ear-splitting smoke alarm siren is one of the worst midnight surprises. But it's even worse when your detector keeps beeping in the middle of the night but then stops and acts perfectly normal ...