Smoke Detectors/Alarms: CPSC recalls in this category

18 CPSC recalls are in the product category Smoke Detectors/Alarms. That is 0.2% of the 10,027 CPSC recalls on the register. The notices give about 2,603,690 units for these recalls. The median recall has 128,000 units.

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Newest recalls

The newest 18 of 18.

Newest CPSC recalls in the category Smoke Detectors/Alarms
Date	Recall	Firm	Hazard	Units	CPSC number
11 Sep 2014	Kidde Recalls Smoke and Combination Smoke/CO Alarms Due to Alarm Failure	Fyrnetics Ltd. of Hong Kong	Fire	1,200,000	14275
13 Aug 2014	ESL, Interlogix Hard-Wired Smoke Alarms Recalled Due to Failure to Alert Consumers of a Fire	Fyrnetics	Fire	141,000	14255
21 May 2014	Nest Labs Recalls to Repair Nest Protect Smoke + CO Alarms Due to Failure to Sound Alert	Nest Labs	Fire	440,000	14187
9 Jul 2009	Kidde Recalls Dual Sensor Smoke Alarms; Can Fail to Warn of a Fire	Walter Kidde Portable Equipment	Fire	94,000	09266
22 Mar 2007	Digital Security Controls Recalls Smoke Detectors that Could Fail to Warn of a Fire		Fire	32,000	07136
19 May 2006	Tyco Fire & Security Recall to Upgrade Software of Fire Detection Systems	Solectron (Suzhou) Technology	Fire	128,000	06551
19 May 2006	Tyco Fire & Security Recalls Smoke Detectors for Replacement	Solectron (Suzhou) Technology	Fire	128,000	06550
2 May 2006	First Alert® Smoke Alarms and Combination Smoke/CO Alarms Recalled for Rapidly Draining Battery Power	BRK Brands Inc., a subsidiary of First Alert	Fire, Carbon monoxide	145,890	06151
22 Dec 2004	CPSC, AnnounceGE Security Inc. Retrofit/Recall of Smoke Detector Systems	GE Security	Fire	246,800	05526
3 Sep 2003	CPSC, GE Interlogix Announce Recall of Smoke Detectors		Fire	14,000	03552
25 May 2000	CPSC, Universal Security Instruments Announce Recall of Smoke Alarms	Universal Security Instruments	Fire, Burn	34,000	00115
21 Dec 1995	CPSC, Sentrol, Inc. Announce Moose Brand Control Panel Recall	Moose	Fire, Burn		96053
4 Sep 1992	BRK Recalls Some Wired-In Smoke Detectors Because Of Potential Alarm Failure	BRK	Electric shock		92130
24 May 1983	Smoke Detectors Recalled By Honeywell	Honeywell	Fire, Burn		83029
3 Aug 1981	Smoke Detectors Recalled by Chloride Pyrotector	Archer	Fire, Burn		81020
6 Nov 1978	Smoke Detectors Recalled by BRK Electronics	AMF			78089
1 Aug 1977	Smoke Detectors Recalled by BRK Electronics	BRK	Fire, Burn		77083
29 Jul 1977	Recall Of Smoke alarms announced		Fire, Burn		77081

Hazard: The way a product can cause harm, in the words of the CPSC recall notice. This site also puts each recall under short hazard names.

Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Hazards

Smoke Detectors/Alarms: recalls that name each hazard
Hazard		Recalls
Fire		16
Burn		6
Carbon monoxide		1
Electric shock		1
Other		1

Firms

Firms with a page, in the order of the number of recalls.

Recalls by year

CPSC recalls in the category Smoke Detectors/Alarms, by the year of the recall date. The largest year is 2006, with 3 recalls.

Units in these recalls: 2,603,690
Median units of one recall: 128,000All CPSC recalls: 8,800
Share of all CPSC recalls on the register: 0.2%

Official channels

CPSC recallsThe list of all recall notices on the CPSC site.
SaferProducts.govThe CPSC site for a report about a consumer product.

Cite this page

Recall Register. Smoke Detectors/Alarms: CPSC recalls in this category. https://recallregister.com/category/smoke-detectors-alarms/. Source: CPSC Recall Retrieval Web Services. Data through 29 Sep 2026.

Sources

Source: US Consumer Product Safety Commission
Licence: US government work, public domain
Data retrieved: 29 Sep 2026

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Questions

Which hazards do the recalls in the category Smoke Detectors/Alarms have?: Fire: 16 recalls. Burn: 6 recalls. Carbon monoxide: 1 recall.
What is the newest CPSC recall in the category Smoke Detectors/Alarms?: CPSC recall 14275, with the recall date 11 Sep 2014. The CPSC title is: Kidde Recalls Smoke and Combination Smoke/CO Alarms Due to Alarm Failure
Which firms have a page and a recall in the category Smoke Detectors/Alarms?: 3 firms on this page. The list is in the order of the number of recalls and starts with BRK, with 2.
Where does the category Smoke Detectors/Alarms come from?: Smoke Detectors/Alarms is a product type of CPSC. This site uses the type of the first product of a recall. Most records before 2010 have no product type.