smoke detectors

CHECK THE BATTERIES WHEN YOU SPRING FORWARD Fire safety officials are urging the public to do more than just set their clocks ahead when Daylight Saving Time arrives this weekend. The Washington State Fire Marshal’s Office and the National Fire Protection Association are also reminding the public to check the batteries in their smoke detectors. W...

Some smoke detectors don't work when they get too old? Even with new batteries?

(Olympia, WA) -- The time change is this weekend, we fall back an hour 2:00am Sunday morning, and the Washington State Fire Marshal reminds you to check smoke alarms.  The early warning of a fire is key to safely evacuating a building.  The Fire Marshal's Office says smoke alarms should be installed in every bedroom, hallways and on every floor of a home.  Smoke a...

(Kennewick, WA) -- Fire crews rushed to the scene of an apartment fire at the Heatherstone Apartments off 1114 West 10th Ave in Kennewick, just after 7:40am Thursday. Firefighters arriving found smoke coming from a ground floor apartment, and KFD made the decision to declare the blaze a full commercial building response ...