The American Red Cross responds to over 62,000 disasters every year. When disaster strikes our volunteers, partners and staff give immediate care and comfort by supplying shelter, distributing water and food, providing help securing replacement medications and eyeglasses, as well as offering spiritual and mental health consultations. We remain with our clients as long as needed and develop a recovery plan and help provide referral services. By far the largest disaster threat is home fires. Every day, on average seven people die in a home fire. Before today is over, Red Cross Volunteers will help 40 people in Georgia recover from a home fire, one-half of them will be children. In order to alleviate the needless suffering from a home fire, the American Red Cross implemented the Home Fire Campaign, aimed at reducing home fire death and injury by 25%. The Home Fire campaign addresses the problem in three program areas: * Installing smoke alarms in vulnerable, at-risk communities impacted by a home fire where death or injury has occurred. * Educating children about home fires through the Pillow Case project and Monster Guard App. * Teaching people to take action to save themselves, their families

Service Area: Cobb County

Categories Public Safety, Disaster Preparedness & Relief

• Population Served: General Public, Children (5-14), Poor/Economically Disadvantaged

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