The campaign seeks to increase the use of smoke alarms and to encourage all Americans to practice their fire escape plans.If you have a fire, smoke alarms can cut nearly in half your risk of dying in a fire. Smoke alarms sense abnormal amounts of smoke or invisible combustion gases in the air. In 2014 the Red Cross launched a national campaign to reduce deaths and injuries from home fires by as much as 25 percent over the next five years across the country.
During this period of time, Red Cross volunteers provided emergency assistance (food, temporary lodging, blankets, clothing, emotional supports and physical healthy assistance) to approx 10,000 New Yorkers. Every year across the Greater NY Region, the Red Cross provides emergency relief following approx 2300 local disasters, the vast majority of which are home fires. The Red Cross knows all too well the impact that home fires can have on our neighbors.On average, 7 people die from a home fire every day in the US on average, 36 people suffer injuries from home fires every day in the US.In New York City, the FDNY's Bureau of Fire Investigations has determined that up to 70 percent of fire deaths in recent years have occurred in residences where there was no working smoke alarm - either with no alarm present, or missing or dead batteries in a device.The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) estimates that nationally, the risk of dying in a home fire is cut in half when there's a working smoke alarm present.Visit Red Cross volunteers to install these smoke alarms for free via pre-scheduled appointments and large-scale events in targeted communities.
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