The team also provided hurricane and fire safety education. (WMBB) - The American Red Cross has started a new initiative called National Sound The Alarm. "We are happy to have the help of the National Guard, the city of Lorain and a community organization, like the Ambassador Brothers, to make a large neighborhood of Lorain a safer place to live," said Katie Myers-Griffith, executive director of the American Red Cross Lake Erie/Heartland Chapter. "This initiative is meant to reduce the number of people who die in home fires by 25 percent over a five-year period."Įach year, more than 3,800 people die in fire-related deaths nationwide, while approximately 18,300 more suffer injuries in fires. More than half of these injuries and deaths occur at night while the occupants are sleeping.Īlthough a fire safety poll commissioned by the American Red Cross showed most adults surveyed believe it takes several minutes to escape a burning home, experts say in most cases, residents have less than two minutes to safely escape. Troy and American Red Cross to hold smoke alarm installation drive Distribution and installation to take place April 29 volunteers needed Kenneth C. 4Officers from the Aiken Department of Public Safety and the Office of State Fire Marshal, along with American Red Cross volunteers, spent Saturday in Crosland Park installing and checking fire alarms in residents homes. We encourage everyone to sign up for these free installations, particularly those who cannot afford to purchase smoke alarms or individuals who are physically unable to install a smoke alarm. LORAIN, OH (WOIO) - The American Red Cross will join forces with the Ohio National Guard, city of Lorain and Ambassador Brothers to install free smoke detectors in hundreds of homes on Saturday. Red Cross volunteers will also provide fire safety education to residents and supply free batteries to homeowners for existing smoke detectors. The Red Cross and its Home Fire Campaign partners will install a limited number of free smoke alarms in all homes requesting assistance. In addition to free smoke detector installations, the American Red Cross will educate at-risk communities on fire safety essentials while fundraising to. The City of Pembroke Pines and Pembroke Pines Fire Rescue is partnering with the American Red Cross to install free smoke alarms in high risk neighborhoods.
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