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9 official CPSC notices naming Walter Kidde Portable Equipment, 1992–2021, across smoke & co alarms, covering at least 48 million units. The most recent: Walter Kidde Portable Equipment Kidde TruSense Smoke Alarms…, May 6, 2021.
Type the model number from your Walter Kidde Portable Equipment product's label. Every model number named in a Walter Kidde Portable Equipment recall is listed below, grouped by notice.
56 model numbers
Walter Kidde Portable Equipment Kidde TruSense Smoke Alarms… · 21-130 · 2021
Fyrnetics Kidde dual-sensor smoke alarms · 18-128 · 2018
Walter Kidde Portable Equipment Kidde fire extinguishers · 18-022 · 2017
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6 notices where the recalled products are smoke alarms.
The smoke alarm and the combination smoke/carbon monoxide (CO) alarm can fail to alert consumers to a fire.
A yellow cap left on during the manufacturing process can cover one of the two smoke sensors and compromise the smoke alarm's ability to detect smoke, posing a risk of consumers not being alerted to a fire in their home.
The alarm can fail to continue to chirp when it reaches its 7-year end of life if the batteries are replaced, leading consumers to believe it is still working. This poses a risk of consumers not being alerted to a fire or CO incident in their home.
The alarms could fail to alert consumers of a fire or a CO incident following a power outage.
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An electrostatic discharge can damage the unit, causing it not to warn consumers of a fire.
Fire & Fire-Related Burn
3 notices where the recalled products are fire extinguishers.
The fire extinguishers can become clogged or require excessive force to discharge and can fail to activate during a fire emergency. In addition, the nozzle can detach with enough force to pose an impact hazard.
A faulty valve component can cause the disposable fire extinguishers not to fully discharge when the lever is repeatedly pressed and released during a fire emergency, posing a risk of injury.
The pressurized cylinders in the recalled fire extinguishers could lose pressure and fail to operate. In the event of a fire, this failure could put a consumer and property at risk.
Totals add up the figures the notices state, counting a reannounced or restated recall once; 8 of 9 notices add a unit count. A notice that gives no number adds nothing.
Counted across all 9 notices on file as of October 31, 2026. Each line says how many notices it rests on.
Amazon (5), Menards (5), The Home Depot (5), Walmart (4), and Sears (1) are the stores named most often in the 8 notices that say where Walter Kidde Portable Equipment products were sold. 6 of the 8 notices mention online sales.
The 8 notices that give a price range from $10 to $200. Half of them name a price of $25 or less.
By the 7 notices that give sale dates, half the products were on sale for 16 months or less; the longest for 6.5 years. Half the recalls came within 18 months of the first sale; the other half reached products that had been on sale longer.
A replacement in all 6 notices that name a remedy.
Fire is named in all 9 notices (100%), against 24% of all CPSC notices on file. Then burn (1), carbon monoxide (1), and impact (1).
5 of the 8 notices that describe incidents report at least one; 1 reports injuries. 3 said none had been reported when the recall was announced.
7 of the 9 notices list model numbers. They also name date codes or manufacture dates in 8. A matching model number is a reason to open the notice, not the last word.
Where the notices say the numbers are: “on the back of the alarm” (2 notices), “on a label on the back of the alarm”, and “on the fire extinguisher label”.
China (5), Mexico (2) and United States and Mexico (1), in the 8 notices that name a manufacturing country.
The recall contact each official notice gives, newest first. Contacts can change after a notice is published; the notice itself is the final word.
As of October 31, 2026, CPSC has published 9 recall notices naming Walter Kidde Portable Equipment consumer products between 1992 and 2021, covering at least 48 million units.
No. As of October 31, 2026, CPSC has published no recall notice naming Walter Kidde Portable Equipment consumer products in 2026. The most recent was announced May 6, 2021 (CPSC 21-130).
Smoke alarms (6) and fire extinguishers (3).
“Kidde Recalls Fire Extinguishers with Plastic Handles Due to Failure to Discharge and Nozzle Detachment: One Death Reported” (CPSC 18-022), announced November 2, 2017: about 38 million units.
Find the model number on the product's rating label, then type it into the model-number lookup on this page. A match means the number appears in an official CPSC notice; open that notice to confirm any date codes or serial ranges it lists. No match is not proof that a product is safe. 7 of the 9 notices here list model numbers. They also name date codes or manufacture dates in 8. The place they name most often is “on the back of the alarm”.
Each notice names its own recall contact; the contacts for every Walter Kidde Portable Equipment notice are listed on this page. For the most recent one, Walter Kidde Portable Equipment Kidde TruSense Smoke Alarms… (CPSC 21-130), call 844-796-9972 and go to www.kiddetsalarmrecall.rsvpcomm.com.
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