By Gordon Williams It’s December, meaning we are deep into the winter holiday season. Hanukkah starts December 10; Christmas Day is the 25th and Kwanzaa starts on the 26th. Since all three celebrations include elements that can lead to home fires, we are also deep into the holiday home fire season. The best way to … Continue reading The rules for Winter Holiday fire safety
How to stay safe from holiday kitchen fires
By Gordon Williams We’re well into the winter holiday season, meaning we’re well into the kitchen fire season. “Cooking fires are the number one cause of home fires and home injuries,” says the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), a non-profit entity, founded in 1896 that works to reduce death, injury and property loss due to … Continue reading How to stay safe from holiday kitchen fires
Driving rules for a pandemic holiday season
By Gordon Williams February 6, 2018. Photo by Sanja Tabor for the American Red Cross. If this was a normal year, we’d be preparing for the Thanksgiving-Christmas holiday travel season and you would be reading lots about how to stay safe on crowded wintry roads. It is far from a normal year, and the best advice … Continue reading Driving rules for a pandemic holiday season
Building an away-from-home survival kit
By Gordon Williams You have been advised time and again by the American Red Cross that the key to living through a disaster is having a well-stocked home survival kit. But what happens if disaster strikes when you aren’t at home? What if you’re at work, or in your car miles and miles from home? … Continue reading Building an away-from-home survival kit
It’s World Toilet Day today
By Jennifer Astion, Red Cross volunteer Perhaps you are saying to yourself, how did I not know about World Toilet Day? Well take a seat, and let me introduce you to a holiday that the United Nations observes on November 19. World Toilet Day was founded in 2001 to raise global awareness of the importance of sanitation. … Continue reading It’s World Toilet Day today
A virtual Red Cross event will offer real help to veterans
By Gordon Williams Veteran’s Day is always a red-letter day for the American Red Cross. The humanitarian organization has had close ties to the military since battlefield nurse Clara Barton founded it in 1881. A major Red Cross function is Service to the Armed Forces (SAF), which provides assistance to members of the military, active … Continue reading A virtual Red Cross event will offer real help to veterans
Red Cross salutes vets, including its own
By Mark Walker, Red Cross volunteer When members of the military leave the service, thousands turn to the Red Cross and become volunteers. Their spirit of service to others is being saluted by the Northwest Region of the Red Cross, which has produced a panel of portraits of the service members and families with strong … Continue reading Red Cross salutes vets, including its own
How Colonel Raed Gyekis serves his Red Cross chapter
Colonel Gyekis (far right) participates in the grand opening of the Red Cross office at JBLM, September 2018 By Gordon Williams American Red Cross chapters pick directors based on the industries and institutions that are vital to the communities they serve. That is why Raed Gyekis has served on the board of the Red Cross … Continue reading How Colonel Raed Gyekis serves his Red Cross chapter
Turn and Test 2020
By Jennifer Astion On November 1, 2020 folks in the Pacific Northwest will turn their clocks back one hour. This annual event is a good time to remember that home fires caused by cooking and heating equipment are more common in cold weather and during the holidays. As we prepare to “fall back,” remember to … Continue reading Turn and Test 2020
How to Enjoy a Safe Halloween in 2020
by Jennifer Astion Halloween will look a little different this year. Due to Covid-19, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), King County and Pierce County discourage traditional house to house trick or treating. Julia Raasch on Unsplash Instead, get creative with this fall holiday. The CDC suggests these low risk activities: Decorate or … Continue reading How to Enjoy a Safe Halloween in 2020
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