A Georgia county is celebrating the success of its program of giving out free smoke alarms to families.
The Red Cross and Walker County Fire Rescue say at least 8 lives have been saved recently because of the Red Cross Home Fire Campaign.
“Our partnership with Walker County Fire Rescue is one of the strongest we have,” said Leigh Barba, executive director of the Red Cross in Northwest Georgia. “It’s no accident that it’s saving lives.”
Over the past two years, firefighters have placed a thousand free smoke alarms in Walker County, supplied by the Red Cross and other organizations, in homes.
In Dec. 2019, the smoke alarms helped save members of a three-generation family of six after a fire started near their Christmas tree in the middle of the night.