You know you should install smoke and CO alarms indoors, but do you know what the beeps they make mean? Learn about these ...

When you move into or buy a new home, no one hands you a guide to how the smoke detectors work. They "chirp," which really means shriek loudly, and you occasionally have to put new batteries in them.

If your smoke alarm keeps waking you up for no reason, here's what's going on -- and the maintenance that can stop it.

A recent study found that 80 percent of children sleep through smoke alarms. — -- While smoke detectors are credited with saving thousands of lives each year, some researchers suggest that you ...