smoke detector

Volunteers will be visiting homes in Fall River to provide fire safety education and install a smoke alarm at no cost.

Daylight Savings Time is this weekend. In addition to turning the clocks ahead one hour, there are a few other items we should check off our lists. When we turn the clocks back an hour in the fall, check them again.

That annoying "chirp" sound your smoke detector makes when the battery is low is actually a good thing. It's alerting you to change the battery before a real threat is present and it's useless. Unfortunately, WCVB reports that millions of smoke and carbon monoxide detectors are being recalled because they stop "chirping" after seven years...