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Home Fire

4 Kitchen Mistakes You’re Making

by American Red Cross October 8, 2020October 8, 2020

  More time at home during the coronavirus pandemic has led to many of us to bake and cook more in the kitchen, from the classic COVID-19 sourdough bread to …

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Home Fire

“They Saved our Life” A Georgetown Mother and Son Share Their Home Fire Story

by Cuthbert Langley July 13, 2018July 13, 2018

This originally appeared on the Red Cross Palmetto Post blog. Photo and video by the American Red Cross, SC Region.  Janette Washington and her son were in church on Sunday when …

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Home Fire

Gene Welsch’s Story: A Smoke Detector Save

by Sarah Layton February 17, 2015

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 …

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Home Fire

Lifesaving Smoke Alarm Installations: An MLK Day Canvassing Story

by Beth Pullias January 27, 2015January 29, 2015

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 …

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Home Fires and You

by Gloria Huang October 6, 2010September 8, 2016

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?

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