Winter storms bring freezing temperatures and power outages — conditions that can significantly increase the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning.

These winter storms that we are experiencing in our region can increase the risk in getting carbon monoxide poisoning.

“Basically, it causes an internal suffocation when you have carbon monoxide poisoning and can be deadly,” she told News 2. According to Bruccoleri, CO poisoning becomes more prevalent during the winter due to the increased use of supplemental heating devices, like space heaters, furnaces, and generators.

Ring is branching out beyond the best video doorbells and home security cameras into another area of home safety: Fire prevention. The company announced that it's partnering with Kidde to launch a new smart smoke detector that will alert Ring customers in the event of a fire or smoke event in their home.

Ring is teaming up with Kidde on a collection of Smart Smoke and Combination Alarms (Smoke + CO) alongside a new optional 24/7 Smoke & CO Monitoring service.

Kidde fire and smoke detectors (some of our favorites) now work with the Ring security app at CES 2025, and Ring's got a new monitoring plan to match.