Visit /volunteer to sign up and join our team. You can make a difference in your community when you sign up as a Red Cross disaster volunteer.
Volunteers make up 90 percent of the Red Cross workforce. Please call 800-RED-CROSS (80) if you or someone you know needs assistance after a home fire or local disaster.
Download our free Emergency app by searching for “American Red Cross” in app stores or visiting /apps. Visit /fire for information on setting up your home fire escape drill and to learn more about home fire safety. In either case, you will be providing a valuable service to your community and helping to save lives.American Red Cross volunteers in the Central Illinois chapter responded to four home fires in Beardstown, El Paso and Rantoul in the past week and provided assistance to 10 individuals, through supplying them with items to meet immediate needs after a fire, and additional support in the form of health and mental health services and one-on-one support. You may be given scheduled appointments at particular homes on your route, or you may be knocking on doors to offer to install free smoke alarms, or a combination of both. Most of your day will be spent visiting homes, installing smoke alarms, and providing home fire safety education to residents. You'll meet your installation team members (if you don't already know them) and receive supplies such as smoke alarms, a drill, educational materials, and a map of your route for the day. When everyone has arrived, there may be a short rally which gives us an opportunity to provide simple training and tips, as well as to celebrate you for generously volunteering your time! When you arrive at the event location, follow the signs to check in. Together, we will canvass neighborhoods, knock on doors, check smoke alarms in homes and replace if necessary, educate families about home fire safety, build evacuation plans with them and document our services. Your Sound the Alarm event will be a fun day of preparing families against home fires and making your community safer.
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