

Join the Home Fire Preparedness Team today and start making a difference in your community. The Red Cross also is asking every household in America to join us in taking the two simple steps that can save lives: checking their existing smoke alarms and practicing fire drills at home. We’re joining with fire departments and community groups nationwide to canvass neighborhoods, install smoke alarms and deliver fire prevention information in places we know have high numbers of fires. The American Red Cross is launching a nationwide campaign to reduce the number of home fire deaths and injuries by 25 percent over the next five years. Seven times a day, someone in this country dies in a home fire. Join our home fire preparedness campaign team Since 2014 The Red Cross has been installing free smoke alarms because working smoke alarms cut the risk of death by fire in half. You can request a free smoke alarm by calling: (541)749-4144 or visit, Every day there are between 2-3 home fires in the Cascades Region. Help keep your family safe by taking a couple simple steps:

Home fires claim seven lives every day, but you can help change that.
