To schedule an appointment: Email or call 40. If you are able to purchase and install your own smoke alarm, but would like information on home fire safety and smoke alarm installation, please visit /homefire. SCFD can also accommodate child seat inspections and installations at other fire stations closer to your home. If you live outside of this area and would like to identify your local region office, please visit (or call 1-800-REDCROSS).ĥ. The Michigan Region provides installation services in Michigan only. Depending on where you live and other factors, it is possible that we will forward your request to one of our partner organizations so they can contact you to set up an appointment.Ĥ. A number of organizations are partnering with the Red Cross to accomplish the goals of our Home Fire Campaign. The Red Cross installs a limited number of specialized bedside alarms for individuals who are deaf or hard-of-hearing.ģ. The Red Cross responds to more than 60,000 disasters every. We encourage everyone to sign up for these free installations, particularly those who cannot afford to purchase smoke alarms or individuals who are physically unable to install a smoke alarm.Ģ. You can also download our free Emergency app by searching for American Red Cross in app stores. The Red Cross and its Home Fire Campaign partners will install a limited number of free smoke alarms in all homes requesting assistance. Central Valley Fire reports that a passerby heard a smoke alarm going off. "We need to make sure that these smoke alarms work, especially (because of) what happened around the corner the last time," Bonaparte said.1. The American Red Cross is helping six people who are displaced after a fire in a multiplex housing unit in Belgrade. He said residents should have fire alarms in the correct locations and prepare a fire safety plan, which should be practiced twice a year.Ĭrosland Park resident Faith Bonaparte said she was thankful her fire alarms were being checked, especially after someone died in a home in early January. "We are going to target about a third of the Crosland Park area and then we will make plans to come out here and target the additional areas," he said.
He said the reason why homes in Crosland Park were getting new fire alarms was that the Aiken Department of Public Safety deemed that area of Aiken as a need. "We encourage everybody to have a working smoke alarm in the bedroom or sleeping area, outside of the sleeping area, including a common area and hallways and every level in the home," he said.
Josh Fulbright, chief of community risk reduction of the South Carolina Office of State Fire Marshal, said two-thirds of fire deaths are those who are over the age of 50, often due to smoke inhalation.
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