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I posted this feedback on Amazon.com for the "First Alert 2-in-1 Z-Wave Smoke Detector & Carbon Monoxide Alarm".  This device, along with the Ring Home Security System and the Ring Professional Monitoring system potentially saved my life. I purchased this CO/Smoke detector/alarm to integrate with the RING home security system. I believe this detector/alarm potentially saved my life. I was sitting in my family room when both this alarm and the Ring home alarm sounded. I was burning a small incense stick at the time. I figured the incense triggered the smoke detector. Because I have my Ring home security system monitored professionally by the Ring staff, my cell phone rang within a minute of the alarm. The Ring operator indicated that the fire department was dispatched. I expressed that I thought it was a false alarm, due to the minimal smoke from the incense.  I asked the Ring Operator to call the fire department back and cancel the alarm.  The operator indicated she was unable to comply with my request.  Within 5 minutes, the fire department arrived. I told them I thought the incense was the culprit for setting off the alarm. However I did notice later on this alarm there are two small red colored LEDs, with one denoting SMOKE and the other (CO) Carbon Monoxide. It was the Carbon Monoxide light that was illuminated. When the firemen entered my home all of their personal CO detectors went crazy. They left the house immediately, donned their SCBA (Self Contained Breathing Apparatus), and reentered my home to determine the root issue of the carbon monoxide. After 15 minutes of airing out the home and searching for the source, it was determined that the ashes that I removed from my wood stove and placed into a metal bucket next to the stove were generating high levels of CO gas. There were some hot embers in the ash bucket, however no visible smoke, etc. I thought the ashes were innocuous, however the gas they produced were deadly. CO gas is a silent killer, and I could have died for it not for this detector, the Ring Home Security System, and the Ring Professional Monitoring system. Oh, and we can't forget the local volunteer firemen! Kudos to all. Thank you for my life!!!