The author has long advised readers to return old smoke alarms to manufacturers. Then he tried doing it himself.

Then there are the other stressors: being away from his family for 24-hour shifts, the rush of adrenaline when an alarm sounds and the anxious efforts to extinguish a fire. A panic attack hospitalized ...

The alarms must be interconnected. The activation of one smoke alarm must cause all alarms in the secondary suite to sound and a minimum of one ... You must ensure people can safely exit in a fire or ...