What are the most important types of fire safety equipment for homes? Smoke Alarms: Your First Line of Defense A smoke alarm detects fire at its earliest stage, so it is a critical component of any ...

Residents who lived in the west side of Altadena did not receive an evacuation order until 3:25 a.m., which was hours after the fires first began to burn through their neighborhoods.

The wireless home security systems of 20 years ... half of what a professional alarm company would charge. Monitoring service, which notifies the police or fire department, can cost $40 or more ...

When the George and Abbotsford Hotel in Melrose urgently required an upgrade to its existing fire alarm system, Safe Services ...

When the federal government in 2012 launched Wireless Emergency Alerts — a new system that allowed officials to send loud, screeching alarms to cellphones across a large area — many ...