In the years since the program began, Red Cross alarms have saved more than 1,270 lives - people who exited a burning home safely because an alarm alerted them to the danger. The payoff from Home Fire has been impressive. Working smoke alarms can save lives, which is why the Red Cross launched its Home Fire Campaign in 2014 - to reduce home fire deaths by installing alarms in homes that lack them.
Fire victims are most likely to be very young or very old.īut although you can’t always prevent a fire from starting, you can protect life and property by outfitting your home with smoke alarms that will alert you early enough to get everyone outside to safety. According to figures from the American Red Cross, those fires kill an average of seven people each day, injure another 30 and do $7 billion worth of damage each year. Statistics show that an average of 350,000 American homes do catch fire each year. A shorted wire inside a wall or an overloaded extension cord can overwhelm all your planning and set off a blaze that can be devastating. Try as you will, there is no way to make your home 100 percent safe from fire. By Gordon Williams, American Red Cross Volunteer
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