Looking for a new place to live? Here are three types of fire safety tips to keep in mind during your search. Tip #1: Smoke Alarms Make sure that there …
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Partner: Royal Reels Online Pokies https://royalreelspokies.live/Retired Firefighter Saved by Red Cross-Installed Smoke Alarm
A version of this post originally appeared on the American Red Cross Northwest Region blog. By Gabriel Martinez, AmeriCorps member. David Adams, a retired volunteer firefighter of 33 years, found himself …
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 …
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 …
What We’re Reading
Links we’ve noticed today: sources of fire, a CPR save, Haiti photos, and smoke alarms.
Time to Fall Back
You know the drill. This Sunday morning (2am) we’re all going to fall back in time one hour. We recommend you change your smoke alarm batteries while you’re already doing the change-your-clocks chore.
Home Fires and You
Did you know…. that the American Red Cross responds to more than 63,000 fires each year? that 65% of home fire deaths happen in homes with no smoke alarms or with smoke alarms that don’t work? that last year, fire killed more Americans than all natural disasters combined?