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He is in charge of developing and carrying out testing procedures for a wide variety of home appliances and smart devices including robot vacuums, smoke/CO detectors and air conditioning units.

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These detectors are for to one- or two-family dwellings (not businesses or apartment complexes) that do not currently have these devices. According to state law, all battery-operated smoke ...

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CALDWELL, Idaho — A recently installed smoke detection system prevented disaster Friday morning when a fire broke out in a home housing nine people in the Indian Creek Estates neighborhood.

Caldwell, ID (CBS2) — A potentially devastating fire was averted on the morning of February 7 in the Indian Creek Estates neighborhood, thanks to the early activation of smoke detectors recently ...