BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — As we prepare for Halloween holiday festivities, Red Cross is preparing to Sound the Alarm on Saturday, Nov. 8 in Taft. Sound the Alarm is happening at the Taft Midway ...

Test your smoke alarm once a month by pressing and holding the test button. Replace the entire alarm every 10 years, even if ...

Your smoke alarm’s chirp can be oddly reassuring, a small sound that suggests everything is still working. Yet the device making that noise may already be too old to reliably sense a real fire. The ...

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 ...

We’ve all been there. It’s 2 a.m. and you hear an eardrum-piercing beep. Your first reaction is to cover your head with a pillow and pretend it never happened. Eventually the slow chirping takes ...

Always assume a sounding smoke alarm means there’s a fire and you should get to safety as quickly as possible. But what do you do when it’s a false alarm that doesn’t stop? A scenario like that can be ...