![]() Red Cross and its volunteers also will install free alarms in Nampa in June. ![]() Through its Home Fire Campaign, the Red Cross and its volunteers have installed more than 2.5 million smoke alarms and saved more than 1,700 lives since 2014. Red Cross National Volunteer Fire Council Local Not-for-Profit Free Smoke Detectors for Seniors Contact your Local Fire Station Many fire stations across the nation provide free smoke detectors to seniors and the community at large. Residents are encouraged to take advantage of this opportunity to increase home safety. The Idaho Falls Sound the Alarm event is part of a nationwide Red Cross effort to install free smoke alarms in homes in cities across the country this spring. Residents interested in receiving a free smoke detector can contact the American Red Cross at or call 518.694.5121 to schedule an installation appointment. Red Cross Delivering Smoke Detectors The American Red Cross will be holding a Sound the Alarm event in Allentown on Saturday, April 27, part of the nationwide Red Cross effort to help reduce the number of deaths and injuries caused by home fires. The goal of this statewide initiative is to dramatically reduce these fire related injuries and deaths across the State of Louisiana by providing smoke alarms to vulnerable citizens and at risk communities with the help of your local fire. In 2022 alone, the Red Cross responded to more than 250 home fires in Idaho and East Oregon and helped meet 783 people’s most immediate needs following a fire by providing shelter, food, clothing and emotional support. Operation Save a Life Operation Save-A-Life was created to combat the rise in fire related injuries and deaths due to home fires in our great state. Home fires are the nation’s most frequent disaster and account for the vast majority of Red Cross disaster responses each year. In partnership with the Montgomery County Fire Department, volunteers for the home fire safety event will install free smoke alarms for families during a 'Sound the Alarm' program in the. “You can help change that by raising your hand and giving families the tools they need to keep themselves and their loved ones safe.” ![]() “Every day, seven people lose their lives in home fires across the country – often because they don’t have working smoke alarms and a plan how to escape during a home fire,” said Dianne Brush, a Red Cross disaster responder in Pocatello.
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