He says usually that means the batteries are too old. North says many times they don’t have a smoke alarm or they have one, but it didn’t go off. “I get to go out and I actually see the devastation from the fires, and many times as we are interviewing clients to provide assistance to them, you know one of the questions we ask, is did you have smoke alarms and did they go off,” said North. He’s been a volunteer at the Red Cross for 10 years, and is on the Disaster Action Team. It’s something Doug North has seen throughout his career. “Every home should have a working smoke detector,” said Lisa Smith, executive director of the Central and Northern New York Chapter of the American Red Cross.īut not everyone does.
Volunteers will install up to three smoke alarms in each home or apartment. There’s already 40 appointments in the books for Saturday. Roughly 60 volunteers will be installing over 100 free smoke alarms. The American Red Cross is going door-to-door on Syracuse’s near Westside neighborhood on Saturday, May 6th. The Central and Northern New York Chapter of the American Red Cross is doing just that through its annual Sound the Alarm campaign. (WSYR-TV) - Keeping families and homes safe. To date, the Red Cross and its partners have installed more than 48,000 free smoke alarms in New Jersey homes, and more than two million nationwide.SYRACUSE, N.Y.
The alarms installed have an internal battery that lasts about 10 years. "It's not a day 'off,' its a day 'on.' It's a day to serve your city, serve your community, and solidify the legacy of Dr. If the PDF is not displaying properly download the PDF. The group is hoping to make a difference in this community, one home at a time - what this day of service is all about. with the American Red Cross to install free smoke alarms in your neighborhood. "Thankfully, more often than not now, we're finding fires at very smaller stage, and it's due to the presence of smoke detectors." I can tell you in my 10 years, our fires have decreased about 40% or more," said Paterson Fire Chief Brian McDermott. Do you think it has made a difference?" CBS2's Jenna DeAngelis asked. "This initiative has been going on almost 10 years. The Red Cross of Idaho will help keep families safer from home fires by installing free smoke alarms in Nampa homes and is looking for volunteers to help. Events like this are part of the Home Fire Campaign launched by the Red Cross in 2014 to reduce fire deaths and injuries.
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