During residential inspections, my biggest challenge is getting electricians and contractors to accept that the “old” way of installing smoke alarms and carbon monoxide (CO) detectors is no longer ...

Homeowners must focus on both the location and age of their smoke alarms to ensure family members will wake up during an overnight fire, says a safety expert. Statistics from the United States show ...

Smoke detectors are becoming more sophisticated and homeowners need to install more of them according to a fire inspector in Charlottetown. Fire Inspector Kent Mitchell says new recommendations call ...