SIOUX CITY -- One morning in early April, a hearing-impaired man living in an apartment at Morningside County Estates removed his hearing aids and took a nap, apparently forgetting that he had food ...

When Charles and Ginnell Cummings go to sleep each night, Charissa Sanders worries. Both of the Cummings are deaf, and for Sanders, their daughter, there's a constant fear that a fire could kill them.

To the 23 million hearing-impaired people in the United States, a smoke alarm’s siren might not be discernible. Two new smoke alarms for the hearing impaired feature high-intensity strobe lights that ...

The Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office has about 500 free smoke alarms to distribute to lower-income residents who are deaf or hearing impaired. Funded through the Federal Emergency Management Agency ...

VANCOUVER, Wash. – Firefighters are warning people that their bedside fire alarms may be faulty. Vancouver Fire handed out Lifetone Technology bedside clocks in recent years, which are supposed to ...

Dozens of Oahu families received an important life-saving tool this week. The Honolulu Fire Department installed free smoke detectors in approximately 80 homes as part of the Smoke Alarms For Everyone ...

Fire alarms are credited with saving lives every day, but for some, regular fire alarms don’t work. That’s why several organizations in Oklahoma have teamed up to provide fire alarms for those who are ...

A few years ago, [K.C. Lee] woke up in the middle of the night to the smell of smoke. He was drying a futon next to the heater and it caught on fire. A smoke detector would have helped in that ...

The Klecknersville Rangers Volunteer Fire Company announced it has smoke detectors available for the hearing-impaired. The alarm activates a strobe light when it detects smoke and also can be set up ...

MEDINA, Ohio -- Although no one expects to be awakened in the night by a residential fire, the Medina Fire Department has responded to approximately 20 home fires in the past year. According to Fire ...

Broken Hill's fire brigade and Hearing Resource Centre have teamed up to raise money to provide specialised smoke alarms for hearing-impaired people. Station officer Sue Collins says Project Sleep ...