Story and Photos by Kate Walters/American Red Cross On Wednesday, April 4, 2019 at approximately 5:00 PM, the El Paso County Disaster Action Team of the Southeastern Colorado Red Cross Chapter responded to a multi-family fire at The Arbor Pointe Apartments (previously Bronzetree Apartments) on Hancock Expressway in Colorado Springs. Eighteen units were affected and […]
Denver, Monday, April 22, 2019– The American Red Cross of Colorado & Wyoming is sending disaster volunteers to help the people of Mississippi that were devastated by tornadoes. Tom Bethke, a volunteer with the American Red Cross of the Mile High Area, will deploy to Mississippi to support our disaster assessment efforts as we help […]
American Red Cross of Colorado & Wyoming – The month of March brought calls for help and an opportunity to help 234 people across the two-state region. As usual most of the assistance requests were for home fires totaling 76 responses. There were also 17 support requests due to the March blizzard. During the March […]
Updates will be posted here as information becomes available. UPDATE: 7:30 PM – April 10, 2019 All warming/evacuation centers are now closed in Colorado. UPDATE: 6:00 PM – April 10, 2019 The following warming/evacuation centers are closing down due to lack of severe weather activity: Douglas County New Hope Presbyterian Church 3737 New Hope Way […]
Update 6:30 4/7/19 – All evacuations related to #PawneeFire have just been lifted. The #PawneeFire has burned 2.8 acres, not 5-7 as reported by some media outlets. Shout out to first responders for your swift response! Update: 5:45PM 4/7/19 – The Hwy 115 fire is now being called the “Pawnee Fire”#PawneeFire. Pre-evacuation has been lifted, […]
Denver, Wednesday, March 19, 2019 – American Red Cross staff and volunteers responded to 51 calls for help in February 2019. Forty-eight of those calls were for home fires. In 2018, during the same month, we responded to 55 calls and supported 161 people. During February our volunteers partnered with local fire departments and members […]
Disaster Workers Deploying to Nebraska, Kansas and Iowa Helping the Communities Recover from Flooding Denver, Monday, March 18, 2019 – The American Red Cross of Colorado & Wyoming is sending disaster relief volunteers to help the people of Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa that have been devastated by floods. Sylvia Raumaker, a volunteer with the American […]
By Andrea Carlson When reports started early in the week that Colorado and Wyoming were in the direct path of what meteorologists were calling a bomb cyclone; emergency managers, city emergency operation centers and community partners all started pulling together to prepare for the devastation that lay ahead. Fast-forward to Wednesday night. More than 350 […]
Final Shelter Closure Update – 6:30Pm, March 14, 2019 As of now, all shelters in Southeastern Colorado are closed and residents have returned safely home. Thank you to all that sacrificed to provide comfort to those in need! Shelter Update – 3:40 PM Shelter Closures: The shelter in Monument at St. Peters Catholic Church has […]
Updated: Monday, March 11, 2019 – Two Additional Disaster Workers Deploying to Alabama The American Red Cross of Colorado & Wyoming is sending two more disaster volunteers to help the people of Alabama that were devastated by tornadoes in early March. Kathryn Addrisi, a volunteer with the American Red Cross of Western Colorado will deploy […]