Red Cross Kicks Off New Campaign To Reduce Home Fire Deaths and Injuries

That stats are staggering and we challenge you to help us succeed in reducing deaths and injuries by joining the home fires campaign and get prepared.

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Efforts will include installing smoke alarms and urging people to practice fire escape plans

The American Red Cross announced today a new campaign throughout Wisconsin and across the country to reduce deaths and injuries from home fires by as much as 25 percent over the next five years.

Seven times a day someone in this country dies in a fire. The Red Cross campaign focuses on joining fire departments and community groups nationwide to install smoke alarms in communities with high numbers of fires and encouraging everyone to practice their fire escape plans.

The Red Cross also is asking every household in America to take the two simple steps that can save lives: checking their existing smoke alarms and practicing fire drills at home.

The Red Cross will begin with canvassing the Thurston Woods neighborhood in Milwaukee and Stevens Point on Saturday morning, October 11th. The Beloit community canvassing will…

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