Product
First Alert SMCO210V
Category
Smart Home Device
Report number
20260917-D76F2-2147309728
Ownership age
About 21 months to failure (from purchase date when reported)
Failure type
Fire / ignition
Incident narrative
SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20260917-D76F2-2147309728. Severity: No Incident, No Injury. Product: First Alert SMCO210V (First Alert SMCO210V combination smoke and carbon monoxide alarm. The alarms are white, residential-use units designed to detect smoke/fire and carbon monoxide. I have two units, both purchased together as a two-pack from Home Depot. Both units have a manufacture date of July 11, 2024. The model number printed on the alarms is SMCO210V. Both are the same model and appear identical in size and design.). Incident: I am reporting a possible safety issue involving two First Alert SMCO210V combination smoke and carbon monoxide alarms that I purchased together as a two-pack from Home Depot. Both alarms have a manufacture date of July 11, 2024. The first alarm began repeatedly going into a fire alarm in 2025 even though there was no apparent fire or smoke. This happened at least twice, and possibly three times, with the incidents occurring days apart. After one of the incidents, either the fire department or DTE Energy came out and checked the situation, and carbon monoxide was ruled out. There was no apparent fire, smoke, unusual smell, or other obvious cause for the alarm. Approximately a month later, the second alarm from the same two-pack experienced essentially the same problem. It went into a fire alarm in the middle of the night. Nobody was downstairs at the time, and nothing was running in the area. Again, there was no apparent fire, smoke, unusual smell, or other obvious explanation. The alarms were being used as residential smoke and carbon monoxide detectors as intended. No one was injured as a result of the incidents, but I am concerned about the safety implications of a smoke alarm repeatedly giving a false fire alarm. A false alarm could also potentially cause a real alarm to be disregarded in the future. I still have both alarms. I am reporting the issue because both units from the same two-pack independently experienced esse
Official report number: 20260917-D76F2-2147309728. Search that ID on SaferProducts.gov or match it in the CPSC public database export to verify this record.