RECENTLY a double glazing firm visited my home and fitted two free fire alarms. To my astonishment, one of these alarms fell from the ceiling and smashed my hall electric standard light. The ...

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 ...

Sky News was forced to go off air in the middle of an interview after a fire alarm went off last night. Presenter Anna Botting was interviewing political correspondent Jon Craig about events in ...

Self-isolating students have been told to wait 'one minute' before evacuating their halls if the fire alarm is sounded. York University's guidance was slammed by concerned students after a notice ...

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 ...

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 ...

BBC Breakfast was forced off air this morning as fire alarms rang through the studio. The show was pulled off air as the sirens went off and an announcer could be heard saying: “Attention, attention, ...

All train lines were blocked after the evacuation at Birmingham New Street, Avanti West Coast had said. The operator alerted commuters on Twitter and urged people to check their service before they ...

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 ...

In the fifth of our Fire Doctor series, David Brown answers some frequently asked questions on the spacing and positioning of detectors. Do smoke and heat detectors provide the same level of coverage?