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NEW ORLEANS, La. – This Fire Prevention Week, there’s a sobering message from the American Red Cross of Louisiana: home fire deaths are on the rise across the state. This year, the state has lost more ...

Most parents assume that if a smoke alarm is chirping away in the hallway, their sleeping children are protected. The uncomfortable truth is that a common placement choice, keeping detectors outside ...

While everyone takes a moment to turn back their clocks Sunday morning, the Red Cross encourages people to test their smoke alarms and make sure they are working. Red Cross volunteers responded to ...

As many as 22 million smoke alarms installed in U.S. homes do not work, typically because of dead or missing batteries, according to the National Fire Protection Association. The simple solution is to ...

Working smoke alarms cut risk of home fire deaths in half ATLANTA (March 6, 2026) — Daylight saving time starts on Sunday, ...

As daylight saving time ends on Sunday, Nov. 2, the American Red Cross is urging you to test your smoke alarms while turning your clocks back. “Working smoke alarms cut the risk of dying in a home ...