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7 times you should replace a smoke detector even if it still beeps

Your smoke detector’s beeping is supposed to protect you, not confuse you. Yet there are moments when a chirping alarm is a ...
Bristol Herald Courier

'Smoke-Out' Dead Detectors: Change Your Clock, Change Your Battery

Johnson City Fire official say 92% of American homes have smoke detectors, but nearly one-third of those don’t work. Daylight saving time is this Sunday at two a.m. and area fire officials are ...
Ars Technica

YAHIT: Do wired smoke detectors go bad?

We've been in our house (bought new) for 12 years. This morning (5:40AM, everyone was asleep) our smoke detectors, of the wired whole-house variety that were installed when the house was built, ...
Daily Hampshire Gazette

Sounding the alarm: State, local fire officials urge residents to replace old smoke detectors

Massachusetts State Fire Marshal Jon Davine speaks at a event at the Easthampton Fire Department to remind people to make sure they have working fire detectors. CAROL LOLLIS / Staff Photo Sign up for ...