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Yesterday we conducted a successful Home Fire Campaign radio media tour, featuring our own Russ Paulsen, Executive Director of Community Preparedness and Resilience. Russ spent nearly 18 hours conducting ten …
A Family Pays It Forward With Smoke Alarm Installations
A version of this article was originally published on American Red Cross of Minnesota’s blog. Story and photos by Richard Underdahl-Peirce, Red Cross Volunteer. On a crisp and sunny Saturday morning, …
Dakota Bradley Named Ambassador for Red Cross Fire Mission
After losing his childhood home in a house fire at the age of 15, singer/songwriter Dakota Bradley has a personal connection to those who know all too well what the …
Our Home Fires Preparedness Campaign is expanding…to Kenya
By Abi Weaver, Global Technology Project Director, American Red Cross Last weekend, volunteers in Omaha walked door-to-door, helping families install and test smoke alarms as part of the American Red …
Gene Welsch’s Story: A Smoke Detector Save
Home fire survivors come in all shapes and sizes. From families like the Smiths, who were saved when 5-year-old Matthew heard a smoke detector, to Gene Welsch, a 72-year-old in …
This Family Escaped a Home Fire (Thanks to Matthew, Age 5)
Early one morning, around 4:30 a.m., 5-year-old Matthew briefly woke up by smoke alarm beeps, but he went back to sleep. Matthew remembers, “I woke up then went back to …
Lifesaving Smoke Alarm Installations: An MLK Day Canvassing Story
Jenny Baragary is a senior officer with Development Opportunities at National Headquarters in Washington D.C. My cooking has set off a smoke alarm in more than a few instances. While …
Hitting the Pavement: Smoke Alarm Installations Across the Country
Nothing helps rally Red Cross chapters and communities across the country like a prodigious goal. And in October, that’s what the Red Cross laid out: Over the next five years, we …
Fire Alarm Fails: Part 1, Dance Party
We all remember those times a shrill, repetitive alarm interrupted a normal day — you burn your dinner, and the smoke alarms go off. You’re in a high school English …