SAFETY FIRST! As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, the Red Cross continues to adapt Sound the Alarm activities to protect the people we serve and our volunteers. Volunteers applying for in-person position assignments must be fully vaccinated.
That’s why the American Red Cross is rallying volunteers to install 50,000 free smoke alarms nationwide, as part of our Sound the Alarm events.
This spring we’ll:
Join us for a rewarding day at a Sound the Alarm event near you and invite others to fundraise or simply donate to help save lives.
Interested in learning more about how to prepare your home and family against a home fire? Sign up for a virtual home fire safety presentation from your local Red Cross. If needed, you will also be put on our list to receive a FREE smoke alarm installation for your household when it is safe to do so.
Volunteer to help families affected by home fires. *Not available in all locations.
Join the challenge and fundraise to support home fire preparation and relief.
Donate to support Home Fire Relief and help save lives.
Use our worksheet to draw your home’s floor plan and plot your escape routes.
Test your smoke alarms monthly by pressing the test button.
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 2.2 million free smoke alarms and prepared more than 2.5 million people for home fires.
1,189 lives saved
2,269,839 smoke alarms installed
961,813 households made safer
1,746,711 youth reached through campaign
Prepare, respond and help families recover from home fires.