Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service (FRS) has marked Deaf Awareness Week with a reminder of the need to have the right smoke alarms fitted for people with hearing problems. Conventional audio-based alarms ...

Older types of household fire alarms are taking twice as long to go off in a fire than newer models, a Which? study has found. Tests done by the consumer watchdog have revealed that older-style ...

Hundreds of families are being sought to take part in a study to test a new fire alarm sound, aimed at specifically waking children. The number of deaths have fallen by around half since the use of ...

Apple has continually enhanced the iPhone and iPad with accessibility features designed to help people with certain disabilities. One unique tool introduced in iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 is Sound ...

Guests were lucky to escape a serious hotel blaze with their lives after fire alarms did not sound, it has been claimed. The fire happened at Ladyhill House in Elgin's Hill Street in the early hours ...

Three fire crews were sent to Birmingham shopping mall The Mailbox after it was evacuated for a short period. West Midlands Fire Service received a call just before 11.30am today, Saturday. Onlookers ...

SCORES of shoppers were evacuated from Tesco’s superstore at Catterick Garrison on Tuesday (December 30) after fire alarms went off. North Yorkshire fire and rescue attended and it is understood the ...

The powers that be have gaslit us into a lot of things, but I’m currently quite salty about the way we’ve all been gaslit by our phones into thinking it’s normal to wake up like we’re fleeing a ...

BRITS can cut the risk of dying in a house fire in half by installing alarms, yet many don’t bother doing it. In total, 90 per cent of residents in England and Wales had a working smoke alarm in ...