After settling in at the CRC (CONUS Replacement Center) at Ft. Benning, we prepared ourselves for the week to come. Each day, the schedule was be posted outside the main …
Month: December 2012
Holiday House Fires – Are You Prepared?
As we celebrated Christmas this week, I kept one eye on the candles that were lit around the house and worried every time I heard sirens rushing by my neighborhood …
From the Archives: Christmas Seals and Combating Tuberculosis
In the early twentieth century, the American Red Cross played a role in the fight against tuberculosis with Christmas seals. Before the introduction of antibiotics in the 1940s, tuberculosis or …
A Volunteer Story – Helping in the Wake of Sandy
Editor’s note: This post is written by Cassie Alexander, a Red Cross volunteer who is also a registered nurse. She recounts her experience during Sandy. The post is cross-posted with …
“Get down! Get down! You are now Prisoners of War!”
By Jillian Kaplan, Central New York Region IHL Team Mentor Two Americorps volunteers, Heather Powell and Kaelyn Madden, burst into the room covered in camouflage, holding neon water guns and …
Our Biggest Disaster Responses of 2012
This year, we handled several large scale disasters, while at the same time continuing to respond to hundreds of house fires every single day. This infographic helps give an idea …
Our Top 10 Preparedness Tips of 2012: #6-10
Continuing from yesterday’s list of preparedness tips, I’m happy to bring you tips #6-10….most of which are based on personal experience. See tips #1-5 here. Tip #6: Know Your Escape …
Our Top 10 Preparedness Tips of 2012
It’s that time of the year again, when people are round up the “Top 10 This” or “Top 50 That” lists. Because it’s been such a busy year, I decided …
Resiliency in the Aftermath of a Shooting
The news about the shooting in Sandy Hook hit me like a sack of bricks when I found out last Friday. My colleagues got to work quickly to find out …
A Walk through Brooklyn – A Realization of New York’s Resiliency
This blog post was written by Eric Kilz, a Red Crosser deployed to help with Sandy relief efforts in New York. Breezy Point, a quiet picturesque neighborhood located on a …