We spoke to a fire safety expert and weighed the pros and cons of cost, reliability and installation of hardwired smoke ...

As a residential carpenter, I've installed plenty of hardwired and battery-powered smoke detectors over the years. For this guide, I interviewed three fire safety experts and tested dozens of ...

Wired smoke detectors are typically basic, but this combination smoke and carbon monoxide model from Kidde has some great features. For one thing, the hardwired smoke and carbon monoxide detector ...

Major players profiled in this report include Johnson Controls, Robert Bosch, Hochiki, Siemens and Honeywell International. The study provides a detailed competitive analysis of these key players in ...

The Local Authority is insisting I have a wired smoke alarm fitted (England) and a new EICR once completed (just got a new ...

"On many occasions we've gone to a property and the batteries [in a smoke alarm] have been removed so we would support a move towards hardwired smoke alarms." A Welsh Government spokeswoman said ...

Nearly two-thirds (66%) of fatal injuries from house fires with smoke alarms happened in properties with battery-only powered alarms. When present, hardwired smoke alarms operated in 94% of the ...

Smoke detectors provide timely alerts in the event of an emergency. The ones we've selected here are the very best. Laboratory Technical Project Manager Gianmarco Chumbe has been part of the CNET ...