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Smoke Alarm

CFD, Red Cross install smoke detectors for free on Southwest Side

  • Mar 15, 2025
CPSC

300K smoke alarms recalled after failing to alert consumers

  • Jan 16, 2025

2 die after NW Side apartment fire

  • Aug 4, 2023

3 injured, 2 critically in NW Side apartment fire: CFD

  • Jul 31, 2023

'Bed shaker' alarms help alert deaf, hearing impaired to fires

  • Mar 12, 2023

Chicago firefighter's 2 remaining children die days after house fire

  • Mar 11, 2023

Chicago firefighter's wife dies days after son killed in house fire

  • Mar 11, 2023

Chicago Home Depot stores selling smoke alarms for under $1

  • Oct 15, 2022

Latest Videos

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CFD, Red Cross install smoke detectors for free on Southwest Side

  • Mar 15, 2025
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Red Cross installs free 'bed shaker' smoke alarms for those who are deaf or hearing impaired

  • Mar 12, 2023
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Chicago Home Depot stores selling 99-cent smoke detectors

  • Oct 15, 2022
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Kidde recalls thousands of smoke detectors

  • May 7, 2021
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Saturday Morning Extra: Important tips from Kidde fire safety expert

  • Mar 7, 2020
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HUD Secretary promises overhaul of 'concerning' inspection system after repeated smoke detector violations

  • Feb 25, 2020
3:49

Many Illinois homes lack working smoke alarms, investigation finds

  • Nov 5, 2019
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99-cent smoke detectors

  • Sep 13, 2019

Latest Stories

Kidde recalls thousands of smoke detectors

About 226,000 smoke/carbon monoxide alarms were recalled after the Consumer Product Safety Commission said they fail to give alerts about fires.

  • May 8, 2021

Firefighters respond to smoke report at Denzel Washington's Beverly Crest home

Firefighters responded to a report of smoke at a home owned by actor Denzel Washington in the Beverly Crest neighborhood of Los Angeles Wednesday night.

  • Nov 12, 2020

Evanston firefighters demonstrate how quickly fire can spread without sprinklers

Two fires were set in rooms, one with a home fire sprinkler and the other without to compare the difference.

  • Oct 5, 2020

Fire destroys Valparaiso home with no working smoke detectors, officials say

No injuries were reported but the family's pet rabbit has not yet been found, officials said.

  • May 12, 2020

Fires getting deadlier as many Illinois homes lack working smoke detectors

An I-Team data investigation has uncovered many Illinois homes' smoke alarms are out of date, not working or nonexistent.

  • Dec 12, 2019