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STA Robeson County 1-22-2020 C Edwards (2)

The American Red Cross is teamed up with community partners to install free smoke alarms during a Sound the Alarm event in Robeson County.

 

The home fire safety and smoke alarm installation event took place on Wednesday, January 22, from 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., is part of the national Red Cross Home Fire Campaign to reduce fire deaths and injuries. Red Cross volunteers and members of Town of Pembroke, Pembroke Fire Department, UNC Pembroke,The Church of Jesus Christ Latter-day Saints, and partners will canvass neighborhoods to install free smoke alarms, replace batteries in existing alarms, and help families create home fire escape plans. Services are free and available for all people in need.

 

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC) is a statewide Home Fire Campaign partner with the American Red Cross. In 2018, Blue Cross NC committed to support the installation of 36,000 smoke alarms in homes across North Carolina over three years and has been a critical partner in mission delivery to end home fire deaths.

 

Photo Credit: Steve Pippenger, ENC Public Affairs Volunteer

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