Northwest Louisiana: Nearly 70 incredible volunteers came together in Shreveport to make a lifesaving difference in their community: installing almost 200 free smoke alarms and making 250 people safer from home fires. Community partners from Barksdale Airforce Base joined in for a day of impact!

Chelsea Randle, Community Disaster Program Manager, trains volunteers how to identify the best places to put smoke alarms, how to properly install them and the best fire escape routes for families to practice in their homes.

Chelsea Randle, Community Disaster Program Manager, trains volunteers how to identify the best places to put smoke alarms, how to properly install them and the best fire escape routes for families to practice in their homes.

Northeast Louisiana: Red Cross volunteers, alongside Lana Haire, Disaster Program Manager, share disaster preparedness tips at the Home Builders Association of Northeast Louisiana Home Show, where more than 70 visitors signed up for free smoke alarm installations and learned how to build an emergency kit.

Red Cross disaster volunteers spread holiday cheer at the Northeast Louisiana Veterans Home, delivering pajamas, singing carols and visiting with veterans.

Ten disaster volunteers in Northeast Louisiana completed First Aid/CPR/AED training, learning lifesaving skills like CPR, AED use and bleeding control.

Central Louisiana: Destini Kirkland, Community Disaster Program Manager, and a team of local volunteers empower youth in Grant Parish with disaster preparedness tips.

In one of many Sound the Alarm events in Central Louisiana, volunteers installed nearly 50 alarms in neighbors in communities throughout Ruby and Pineville, making 45 people safer.

Volunteers comprise 90% of our Red Cross disaster workforce and serve their neighbors when it matters most.

Southwest Louisiana: Community Preparedness Fairs held in Calcasieu and Beauregard Parish were a success thanks to community partners like Acadian Ambulance and local fire departments. Held throughout the year, these fairs share lifesaving safety information and connect Louisianans with the Red Cross mission.

Elizabeth Dawson, Disaster Program Manager, brings preparedness to life for youth in southwest Louisiana. Through presence at schools, summer camps and beyond, the Red Cross shares how people of any age can be ready for disasters.

Acadiana: Nearly 70 volunteers joined the Sound the Alarm event in Lafayette to install 122 smoke alarms in 57 homes, helping protect about 150 residents. Local partners, like the Lafayette Fire & Sheriff's Department, Iberia Boys & Girls Club and the Junior League of Lafayette, made the event a huge success!

Red Cross volunteers, alongside Chadrick Lazard, Disaster Program Manager, respond to severe weather and flooding in St. Landry and Acadia parishes, providing clean-up supplies and assessing damage.

More than 15 volunteers march in the Louisiana Sugar Cane Festival parade alongside our Emergency Response Vehicle, sharing safety tips and smiles with communities in New Iberia.

Volunteers gather in Iberville Parish for the ICARE Health and Safety Days, where students from the community learned about disaster preparedness. Disaster Program Managers, Burk Hughes and Damyionne Jones, and disaster volunteers empower youth in the capital area year-round.

Volunteers gathered in Iberville Parish for the ICARE Health and Safety Days, where students from the community learned about disaster preparedness. Disaster Program Managers, Burk Hughes and Damyionne Jones, and disaster volunteers empower youth in the capital area year-round.

In partnership with the Denham Springs Fire Department and other partners, Red Cross disaster teams held a Fire Prevention Fair where families could learn about fire safety, practice hands-only CPR and sign up for free smoke alarms.

New Orleans: When all residents of a 116-unit apartment complex in New Orleans East were displaced due to a fire, Red Crossers in southeast Louisiana jumped into action to provide shelter, food and financial recovery assistance to impacted families.

Dr. Kenneth St. Charles (left), Chief Executive Officer of the American Red Cross of Louisiana, and LaRaunda Hartford (right), Disaster Program Manager, work alongside community partners to support first responders and displaced residents during and after the fire. 

Red Cross casework volunteers provide residents who lost everything with resources and financial assistance following the apartment fire in New Orleans East.

Northshore: When mandatory evacuations displaced hundreds of residents in Roseland following an industrial explosion at Smitty's Supply, volunteers jumped into action alongside Brie Quinlan, Disaster Program Manager, to set up an emergency shelter and provide food for impacted families.

When mandatory evacuations displaced hundreds of residents in Roseland following an industrial explosion at Smitty's Supply, volunteers jumped into action alongside Brie Quinlan, Disaster Program Manager, to set up an emergency shelter and provide food for impacted families.

Red Cross volunteers in southeast Louisiana promote free smoke alarms, share preparedness resources and connect with partners at the Hammond Air Show.

Bayou/River Parishes: With extreme heat threatening areas throughout south Louisiana, local Red Cross teams participated in "Beat the Heat" events to help communities vulnerable to heat illness. Alongside Tiffany Edwards, Disaster Program Specialist, our Community Adaptation Program team provided cooling items in Houma.

With extreme heat threatening areas throughout south Louisiana, local Red Cross teams participated in "Beat the Heat" events to help communities vulnerable to heat illness. Alongside Tiffany Edwards, Disaster Program Specialist, our Community Adaptation Program team provided cooling items in Houma.

Disaster Program Specialist Tiffany Edwards deployed to St. Louis after severe tornadoes, helping families transition from shelters, find housing and begin recovery.