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The American Red Cross Home Fires campaign seeks to educate people about the role the Red Cross plays in local home fire responses, and teach people the skills they need to prevent and protect themselves should they experience a fire. Nationwide, more than 93 percent of the 74,000 disasters the Red Cross responds to each year are fire related.
The biggest disaster threat to families across our nation every day isn’t floods, hurricanes or tornadoes; it’s fire. Last year, the American Red Cross responded to more than 63,000 fires. That’s about 170 responses a day- one every eight minutes! And that’s not even counting national responses to major wildfires like the ones in California last year.
The Red Cross is committed to giving people the information they need to reduce their risk of home fires, and to helping people recover after a fire happens. At any time of day or night, trained Red Cross volunteers respond to the scene of fires and provide food, shelter, and emotional support to those affected.
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