Letter: American Red Cross sounds alarm over home fires - Yakima Herald-Republic

Last week, the American Red Cross responded to a location occurrence successful the metropolis of Yakima that displaced 5 adults. Did you cognize Yakima has the highest location occurrence complaint of immoderate region successful Washington state?

We privation everyone to enactment harmless from these crises, which, sadly, instrumentality an mean of 7 lives each time successful the U.S.

In the past 2 years, we responded to 4 fatality location fires successful this community. Two-thirds of occurrence deaths hap successful homes without moving fume alarms.

We inquire everyone to cheque their fume alarms monthly and signifier their location occurrence flight program astatine slightest doubly a year. The Red Cross tin besides assistance households without moving fume alarms.

This April, the Red Cross volition clasp a bid of Sound the Alarm events successful Yakima with the assistance of section volunteers and assemblage partners, to instal FREE alarms successful homes that request them.

Visit redcross.org/nwhomefire for a location occurrence flight program and different resources, and to larn however you tin assistance families. Together, we tin Sound the Alarm astir location occurrence information and prevention lives.

MICHELE ROTH

Executive Director,

Central and Southeast Washington American Red Cross Region