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Ring partners with Kidde on smart alarms
January 6, 2025SSN Staff
LAS VEGAS — Kidde, a North American home fire safety brand, and Ring announced a new partnership and collection of smart alarms (Smoke + CO).
Ring and Kidde said they are combining their respective expertise in smart home protection and fire safety to offer control, and convenience. The alarms have Ring technology built-in, enabling customers to protect their home from anywhere and receive real-time smoke and CO alerts through the Ring app which allows them opt into professional monitoring...
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Prevent CO poisoning: Alarm companies should help Californians help themselves
July 25, 2012Tess Nacelewicz
It's now more than a year since California's new law mandating carbon monoxide detectors in all single-family homes with an attached garage or fossil fuel source. However, a new survey shows many residents remain unprotected.
Seems to me there's a marketing opportunity here that alarm companies would do well to take advantage of—to not only help themselves but also California residents.
It's true that the new law, which took effect July 1, 2011, doesn't require Californians to opt for monitored...
Survey: Many in N.Y. unaware of new CO law
May 5, 2011Tess Nacelewicz
MEBANE, N.C.—About a year after a new carbon monoxide detector mandate in New York went into effect, a new survey has found that nearly half of New York families still don't know about the law, according to Kidde, a manufacturer of fire and CO safety products based here.
Amanda's Law, which requires working CO detectors in all one- and two-family homes that have appliances or heating sources that may emit CO or have attached garages, went into effect just over a year ago.
But a new survey conducted...