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To help protect your household, test your smoke alarms each month and practice your escape plan, until everyone can get out in less than two minutes. Home fires are our Country’s most frequent disaster, and they claim seven lives every day in the U. disasters, that the Red Cross responds to every eight minutes. If you cannot join the event, you can make a difference by donating to the Red Cross at to help people prepare for, respond to, and recover from home fires. Because of generous donations, all services are free and available. This work is made possible thanks to generous financial donations from corporate partners: Motorola Solutions Foundation Bank of America Peoples Gas ComEd. Of those lives saved, 45 were in Illinois. This “Sound the Alarm” event is a critical part of the National Red Cross Home Fire Campaign, which has helped save at least 1583 lives, since launching in October 2014.
“Through the “Sound the Alarm” campaign, we’re working to reduce the number of fatalities by increasing homes that have working smoke alarms.” “Fires are the Nation’s most frequent disaster many of us don’t realize we have just two minutes to escape a home fire,” said Jeff Klarman, Board Chair for the American Red Cross of Northwest Illinois. Training will be provided before volunteer teams, with members of Morrison Fire Department and the Red Cross, visit area homes. People can register now at to install free smoke alarms and share fire safety information with residents during a local “Sound the Alarm” event in Morrison on Saturday, March 25, 2023, from 9:00 a.m. MORRISON VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED TO INSTALL FREE SMOKE ALARMS During the 20-minute home visits, Morrison Fire Fighters and Red Cross volunteers will also share information on the causes of home fires how to prevent them what to do if a fire starts how to create an escape plan.
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