It started out sunny and cool as volunteers gathered at the City Hall Chambers building in Rocky Ford on the first day of December. Red Cross volunteers arrived in Red Cross trucks to join the Rocky Ford Fire Department and close to 30 community volunteers. The goal, to make homes safer by installing free smoke […]
October is an important for everyone. It is a time to reflect on how you can prevent home fires and, if one occurs, how can you survive one. On average, seven people die every day from home fires, which take more lives each year than all other natural disasters combined in the U.S., according […]
In partnership with Aurora Fire Department and Xcel Energy, the Red Cross of the Mile High Area will be hosting a Home Fire Campaign in Aurora. This event is open to anyone that would like to help save lives by installing free smoke alarms. The Red Cross welcomes anyone willing to help, including young adults […]
Story and photos by Bill Fortune/American Red Cross At one point or another we all become our “parent’s parents”. Repaying our moms and dads for all of the help they have given us over the years. So it seemed appropriate that you would find a daughter from Tennessee concerned for her 91-year-old dad in Pueblo, […]
Story by Dave Duran Walsh Colorado is a town of approximately 500 people located in Southeastern Colorado only a few miles from the Kansas boarder. They are regularly impacted by drought, wildfires and severe thunderstorms in the summer months as well as blizzards in the Winter. There is a powerful sense of community in Walsh […]
Saving lives one smoke alarm at a time! By Kate Walters, Volunteer/Public Affairs Every day, seven people die in home fires, most in homes that lack working smoke alarms. Sadly, children and the elderly disproportionately lose their lives. The American Red Cross wants to improve the odds and save lives. From April 28 through May 13 teams […]
Story and photos by Christina Mascarenas/American Red Cross Pueblo – A pesky spider, setting off fire alarms in the Sandoval house, created a concern for Tom Sandoval since his hearing-impaired son wasn’t waking up when the alarm went off. “That’s my baby, he’s my youngest,” Tom said with a smile. “Three nights in a row, […]
Colorado and Wyoming volunteers along with a host of partners stepped up to provide a day of service in support of the 2017 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service, and installed over 400 smoke alarms. To quote from Martin Luther King, Jr., “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for […]
Cadets get organized for Smoke Alarm Installation Day. Photo by Joan Green/American Red Cross The American Red Cross of Southeastern Colorado teamed up with cadets from the Air Force Academy to help save lives. Over three hundred cadets gathered in the Field House parking lot at the Air Force Academy early Friday morning, October […]
By Bill Fortune Going door-to-door on a warm Friday afternoon to install smoke alarms is probably not what most people think about at the end of their work week. For the Red Cross and local Fire Departments that activity is right in line with their mission and their hearts. The Red Cross of Southeastern Colorado […]