Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Woman wearing safety glasses attaches a smoke detector to the wall above a door. Your home's first line of defense against fires ...

Lee Wallender is a home improvement writer of nearly 20 years and specializes in home remodeling, repair and maintenance. Sami Allen is the managing editor at Forbes Home, with over seven years of ...

Fire and carbon monoxide incidents move fast, but your alarms do not have to be guesswork. If you match the right type of detector to each room, you turn your house into a network of early warnings ...

The best smoke detectors are loud and reliable, alerting you to a fire in an emergency. During testing, X-Sense and First Alert were top performers.