SAFETY FIRST! As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, the Red Cross is adapting Sound the Alarm activities to protect the people we serve and our volunteers. Sound the Alarm may look different this year but our lifesaving mission to make families and communities safer from home fire continues.
This spring, join our national movement and pledge to keep your family safe by taking 2 simple steps: Practice your 2-minute escape drill and test your smoke alarms monthly.
Pledge to prepare your family against home fires.
Volunteer to help families affected by home fires.
Help families prepare for, respond to and recover from home fires.
Donate to support Home Fire Relief and help save lives.
Sound the Alarm 2020 was postponed due to the coronavirus, but we can still celebrate the contributions of all the volunteers, fundraisers and donors who made Sound the Alarm so successful since we launched our national signature events in spring 2018. Since then we’ve installed more than 2.1 million free smoke alarms and prepared more than 2.3 million people from home fires.
If you cannot afford to purchase smoke alarms or are physically unable to install a smoke alarm, the Red Cross may be able to help.
1. Contact your local Red Cross by phone.
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2. Visit the website for your local Red Cross. In the "Our Work" section look for information about the Home Fire Campaign or a Home Fire Safety Visit.
Every day, seven people die in home fires, most often in homes without working smoke alarms. That’s why the American Red Cross launched our Home Fire Campaign in 2014 to save lives.
Sound the Alarm is a critical part of the campaign. Through our home visits, we’ve installed more than 2.1 million free smoke alarms and prepared more than 2.3 million people for home fires.
808 lives saved
2,165,600 smoke alarms installed
895,527 households made safer
1,617,990 youth reached through campaign
Prepare, respond and help families recover from home fires.