The Red Cross teamed up with Jackson County Fire District 3 for the Sound the Alarm event on April 6.
Firefighters and Red Cross volunteers spent the afternoon installing free smoke alarms in homes throughout White City as a part of the national Red Cross Home Fire campaign. Claire Foster-Dow, a Senior Disaster Program Manager for the Red Cross, says about seven people die every day because of house fires. She says helping her community be more prepared with these smoke alarms strikes deeply with her.
“I was raised by a firefighter, my father was a Battalion Chief, and so I grew up learning about fire safety and home fires,” Foster-Dow said. “You know, we have a vague understanding of ‘yeah, home fires happen’, but you never think it’s going to happen to you”.
Foster-Dow says each installation only takes about 20 minutes.