By Gordon Williams When Nicole Imbriaco and her mother, Marci, leave their Sammamish, WA home for an evening out, they are more likely to drive to a house that is on fire than to a movie or a mall. Marci Imbriaco has been responding to home fires and other disasters for the past seven years … Continue reading Why Nicole Imbriaco Volunteers
What Drives Red Cross Volunteers to Help those in Need
EDITORS NOTE: In celebration of "March is Red Cross Month" 2019, we are re-sharing a story that helps to explain the most important aspect of our organization, our volunteers. Why do they do it? What makes them give? One answer: AGENCY. Read on for more... By Gordon Williams Whether it’s aiding the victims of some … Continue reading What Drives Red Cross Volunteers to Help those in Need
Make Fire Prevention Week a Week of Fire Safety Lessons
By Gordon Williams Fire Prevention Week is October 8-14 this year, and Lisa Braxton of the National Fire Protection Association thinks it is a great time for parents to drill kids--young kids especially--in the lessons of fire safety. Braxton, in the Public Education Division of the NFPA, lays out a five-night set of fire safety … Continue reading Make Fire Prevention Week a Week of Fire Safety Lessons
Coping With Disasters in Our Own Backyard
By Gordon Williams It wasn’t a disaster on the scale of hurricanes Harvey or Irma, but for residents of the Carriage House apartments in SeaTac, WA, the fire that tore through the building on a recent Friday night was a disaster just the same. As with Harvey and Irma, it brought out the Red Cross … Continue reading Coping With Disasters in Our Own Backyard
When Every Second Counts
by Gordon Williams Visit just one fire scene, work your way through one burned-out dwelling, and you’ll understand why every second counts when a home catches fire. Until you see it first-hand, you can't imagine the devastation a fire can cause. A fire doubles in size every 30 seconds. As it spreads, it consumes … Continue reading When Every Second Counts
Sounding the Alarm for her Neighbors
By: Dale Steinke Photos by: Betsy Robertson If someone offered to put something in your house that might save your family’s life at some point over the next 10 years… and do it for free, would you take advantage of it? When Gretchen Atkinson, chairman of Shoreline’s Meridian Park Neighborhood Association, learned about how people … Continue reading Sounding the Alarm for her Neighbors
Give Your Home an Autumn Safety Check
By Gordon Williams Colder weather is just ahead and colder weather brings frosty cheeks, falling leaves, football--and fires. The government’s U.S. Fire Administration says the frequency of home fires bottoms out in September and then climbs month-by-month as winter settles in. Peak month for home fires is January. Lisa Braxton of the Public Education Division … Continue reading Give Your Home an Autumn Safety Check
Sounding the (Silent) Alarm
By: Diane Toomey Edited by: Nancy Waddell Seven times a day someone in this country dies in a home fire, most often occurring in homes that lack working smoke alarms. A smoke alarm almost doubles your chance of surviving a home fire, one of the most common disasters in the U.S. As part of our Sound … Continue reading Sounding the (Silent) Alarm
Sounding the Alarm in Lake Wenatchee
By: Betsy Robertson Lake Wenatchee is a unique community, located about 20 miles east of Stevens Pass, arguably providing the very best of what our northwest lifestyle has to offer. Residents and weekenders are presented with year-round recreation, including cross country and downhill skiing, snowmobiling, camping, hiking, fly fishing … the list goes on. It’s what attracted … Continue reading Sounding the Alarm in Lake Wenatchee
Help Prepare Communities for and Recover from Disaster: AmeriCorps Members Wanted!
Are you looking for an opportunity to make a real difference in the community? Do you want to gain new skills and experiences? Are you passionate about empowering people to prepare for and recover from disasters and emergencies? The American Red Cross Northwest Region is seeking enthusiastic individuals to serve as full-time AmeriCorps … Continue reading Help Prepare Communities for and Recover from Disaster: AmeriCorps Members Wanted!
American Red Cross NW Region 