Protect Your Home—and Your Life—With These Top-Rated Smoke Alarms

There’s never a bad time to invest in home fire safety, and the best place to start is checking your home’s smoke alarms to ...

Photoelectric vs. Ionization Smoke Detectors: What Are the Differences, and Which Kind Should You Buy?

Shoulders says that photoelectric smoke detectors are generally more effective for detecting large particles. Photoelectric ...

The Best Smart Smoke Alarms—and Why You Still Need at Least One Dumb Alarm

Every smart smoke alarm I’ve tested has one potentially fatal flaw, trading fewer nuisance alarms for a risky sensor strategy.
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IREX Launches Smarter, Faster Fire and Smoke AI Detection to Protect Communities and Critical Infrastructure

[Washington, DC – April 2, 2026] – IREX, a global pioneer in ethical AI and intelligent video analytics deployed across 10+ countries and over 300,000 cameras, announced a major update to its ...
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NYU Tandon researchers develop new AI system that leverages standard security cameras to detect fires in seconds; could transform emergency response

Fire kills nearly 3,700 Americans annually and destroys $23 billion in property, with many deaths occurring because traditional smoke detectors fail to alert occupants in time. Now, the NYU Fire ...
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Very Early Warning Fire Detection for Mission-Critical Facilities

CE; 0.1 ICC CEUExamine advanced fire detection strategies that support uptime and enhance safety in data centers and other mission-critical facilities.
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Birmingham Fire Department offers free smoke detectors to residents

The Birmingham Fire Department is urging residents to install smoke detectors, offering them free of charge, as part of a ...