Q. My neighbors’ smoke alarm went off at 3 a.m. Fortunately, it was a false alarm, but they didn’t know how to turn it off. What do I do if my smoke alarm does the same? A. In 2014, 33 percent of ...

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 ...

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 ...