By Gordon Williams A simple mistake turned what might have been a routine New York City apartment house fire into a tragedy that took more than a dozen lives. Finding her kitchen in flames, a woman grabbed her children and fled her apartment – leaving the front door wide open. That let the flames spread … Continue reading What To Do Before the Fire Department Arrives
Inside the Bronx Fire Response
By Gordon Williams The American Red Cross of Greater New York is the nation’s biggest Red Cross chapter -- embracing all of New York City, seven suburban counties and even a small slice of adjacent Connecticut. It is also the busiest chapter -- responding to disasters that leave people homeless more than 4,000 times a … Continue reading Inside the Bronx Fire Response
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
Hearts, Hammers and Smoke Alarms
Red Cross volunteers join a Whidbey Island tradition, bringing home fire safety tools and education to their neighbors in need.
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