Surprise

Dozens of volunteers helped install special smoke alarms in close to 40 homes across Surprise recently that can alert people who are deaf or hard of hearing – especially in the middle of the night. It’s a three-part system that includes the alarm itself, a strobe light and a palm-sized bed-shaker.

The Surprise Fire Department is teaming up with the Arizona Burn Foundation and the Arizona Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing to provide free smoke alarm systems for residents who are deaf.

An Arizona mom is suing the city of Surprise following her arrest at a City Council meeting. Rebekah Massie says her First and Fourth Amendment rights were violated.