The Red Cross, along with the Novato Fire Protection District and local Rotary Club of Novato members, fitted about 50 homes in the RV Park with free smoke alarms to #endhomefires. They also handed out information on fire safety and home evacuation plans. The 2022 Sound the Alarm campaign aims to put new smoke alarms in 50,000 homes nationwide. Learn more at soundthealarm.org.

Photo and reporting by Marcia Antipa/American Red Cross

The Silicon Valley Chapter and the community of San Jose came together to install smoke alarms at the Golden Wheel Park after a tragic fire killed a grandfather and two children the previous month. Partnering with the Red Cross were the City of San Jose, SJFD, Team Rubicon and other community groups. Seventy-five volunteers installed 250 smoke alarms in 83 homes ensuring that more families were better prepared.

Photography by Kane Wong/American Red Cross

American Red Cross volunteers, staff and members of the Modesto Fire Department at a Sound the Alarm event in Modesto, CA on May 14, 2022. Red Cross volunteers installed 48 free smoke alarms in 23 homes. They also shared information with residents about the causes of home fires, how to prevent them and what to do if a fire starts.

Photos by Cari Dighton and Martin Gagliano/American Red Cross

Working to prevent home fires, we were in a Moss Beach community installing smoke alarms and providing home fire preparedness training.

Working to prevent home fires, we were in a Moss Beach community installing smoke alarms and providing home fire preparedness training.

American Red Cross volunteers, staff and members of the Modesto Fire Department at a Sound the Alarm event in Modesto, CA on May 14, 2022. Red Cross volunteers installed 48 free smoke alarms in 23 homes. They also shared information with residents about the causes of home fires, how to prevent them and what to do if a fire starts.

Photos by Cari Dighton and Martin Gagliano/American Red Cross

Working to prevent home fires, we were in a Moss Beach community installing smoke alarms and providing home fire preparedness training.

The Silicon Valley Chapter and the community of San Jose came together to install smoke alarms at the Golden Wheel Park after a tragic fire killed a grandfather and two children the previous month. Partnering with the Red Cross were the City of San Jose, SJFD, Team Rubicon and other community groups. Seventy-five volunteers installed 250 smoke alarms in 83 homes ensuring that more families were better prepared.

Photography by Kane Wong/American Red Cross

On Saturday, May 14, Red Crossers, in partnership with the Fairfield Fire Department, visited a mobile home park in Fairfield to install free smoke alarms and provide residents with home fire safety education. This event was one of many that took place that day as part of the 2022 Red Cross Sound the Alarm campaign.

Photos and videos by Nanette Shamieh/American Red Cross

The Red Cross, along with the Novato Fire Protection District and local Rotary Club of Novato members, fitted about 50 homes in the RV Park with free smoke alarms to #endhomefires. They also handed out information on fire safety and home evacuation plans. The 2022 Sound the Alarm campaign aims to put new smoke alarms in 50,000 homes nationwide. Learn more at soundthealarm.org.

Photo and reporting by Marcia Antipa/American Red Cross

In San Bruno, CA on Saturday April 28, 2018, the Red Cross kicked off its "Sound the Alarm" campaign, a series of home fire safety and smoke alarm installation events across the country. Together with the San Bruno Fire Department, the Red Cross offered and installed free smoke alarms, replaced batteries in existing alarms, and provided fire prevention and safety education.

Red Cross Photography: Howard Share

American Red Cross volunteers, staff and members of the Modesto Fire Department at a Sound the Alarm event in Modesto, CA on May 14, 2022. Red Cross volunteers installed 48 free smoke alarms in 23 homes. They also shared information with residents about the causes of home fires, how to prevent them and what to do if a fire starts.

Photos by Cari Dighton and Martin Gagliano/American Red Cross

American Red Cross volunteers, staff and members of the Modesto Fire Department at a Sound the Alarm event in Modesto, CA on May 14, 2022. Red Cross volunteers installed 48 free smoke alarms in 23 homes. They also shared information with residents about the causes of home fires, how to prevent them and what to do if a fire starts.

Photos by Cari Dighton and Martin Gagliano/American Red Cross

The Silicon Valley Chapter and the community of San Jose came together to install smoke alarms at the Golden Wheel Park after a tragic fire killed a grandfather and two children the previous month. Partnering with the Red Cross were the City of San Jose, SJFD, Team Rubicon and other community groups. Seventy-five volunteers installed 250 smoke alarms in 83 homes ensuring that more families were better prepared.

Photography by Kane Wong/American Red Cross

The Silicon Valley Chapter and the community of San Jose came together to install smoke alarms at the Golden Wheel Park after a tragic fire killed a grandfather and two children the previous month. Partnering with the Red Cross were the City of San Jose, SJFD, Team Rubicon and other community groups. Seventy-five volunteers installed 250 smoke alarms in 83 homes ensuring that more families were better prepared.

Photography by Kane Wong/American Red Cross

In San Bruno, CA on Saturday April 28, 2018, the Red Cross kicked off its "Sound the Alarm" campaign, a series of home fire safety and smoke alarm installation events across the country. Together with the San Bruno Fire Department, the Red Cross offered and installed free smoke alarms, replaced batteries in existing alarms, and provided fire prevention and safety education.

Red Cross Photography: Howard Share

The Red Cross, along with the Novato Fire Protection District and local Rotary Club of Novato members, fitted about 50 homes in the RV Park with free smoke alarms to #endhomefires. They also handed out information on fire safety and home evacuation plans. The 2022 Sound the Alarm campaign aims to put new smoke alarms in 50,000 homes nationwide. Learn more at soundthealarm.org.

Photo and reporting by Marcia Antipa/American Red Cross

Working to prevent home fires, we were in a Moss Beach community installing smoke alarms and providing home fire preparedness training.

Red Cross volunteers, staff, and local Seaside High School students, along with the support of the North County Fire District of Monterey County Fire Department, came together on a bright, sunny Saturday to Sound the Alarm. After a briefing by the Fire Department, DPM Patsy Gasca, and remarks by Monterey County Supervisor Phillips, the teams spread out into the neighborhood to install free smoke alarms. By the end of the event, 57 area homes had been made safer from home fires.

Photos by Jenny Arrieta/American Red Cross

Volunteers and staff at a Sound the Alarm event in Richmond, CA. May 7, 2022. The program provides communities with free smoke alarms that volunteers install. This event was a partnership with the with the Richmond Fire Department.

Photography by Brenda Dawson Dove

Red Crossers and the Richmond Fire Department worked together to provide the local community with free smoke alarms and home fire safety information on Saturday, May 7 in Richmond, Calif. Together with the Richmond Fire Department, the team made 42 homes and 151 residents safer installing 149 free smoke alarms.

The 2022 Sound the Alarm campaign celebrated its signature smoke alarm installation event on a warm, sunny day at the Chateau La Salle Mobile Home Park in San Jose. Nearly 100 homes were made safer thanks to free smoke alarms and home fire safety education. Nearly as many Red Crossers turned out for this event, along with the San Jose Fire Department. It was a great day to help #EndHomeFires.

Photos by Martin Gagliano/American Red Cross

“I dealt with people who have been through fires or floods in their homes and these fires are really fast. With a plan in hand already, everyone gets out safely and nothing really bad happens, besides the property being damaged, and that’s always replaceable,” says German, who used to work at a restoration company where he talked to many people whose homes had been damaged by fires.

German was happy to receive a visit from the American Red Cross in Santa Clara on May 21 as part of the Sound the Alarm program. He now feels his family is better prepared after the Red Cross installed free smoke alarms and discussed a home fire escape plan. “If everyone has a plan on how to escape and meet up that will definitely help us,” he says.

To help deliver more free smoke alarms or find out more about the Red Cross Sound the Alarm program visit SoundTheAlarm.org.

The 2022 Sound the Alarm campaign celebrated its signature smoke alarm installation event on a warm, sunny day at the Chateau La Salle Mobile Home Park in San Jose. Nearly 100 homes were made safer thanks to free smoke alarms and home fire safety education. Nearly as many Red Crossers turned out for this event, along with the San Jose Fire Department. It was a great day to help #EndHomeFires.

Photos and reporting by Alex Keilty/American Red Cross

Working to prevent home fires, we were in a Moss Beach community installing smoke alarms and providing home fire preparedness training.

On Saturday, May 14, Red Crossers, in partnership with the Fairfield Fire Department, visited a mobile home park in Fairfield to install free smoke alarms and provide residents with home fire safety education. This event was one of many that took place that day as part of the 2022 Red Cross Sound the Alarm campaign.

Photos and videos by Nanette Shamieh/American Red Cross

Working to prevent home fires, we were in a Moss Beach community installing smoke alarms and providing home fire preparedness training.

Working to prevent home fires, we were in a Moss Beach community installing smoke alarms and providing home fire preparedness training.

Red Cross volunteers, staff, and local Seaside High School students, along with the support of the North County Fire District of Monterey County Fire Department, came together on a bright, sunny Saturday to Sound the Alarm. After a briefing by the Fire Department, DPM Patsy Gasca, and remarks by Monterey County Supervisor Phillips, the teams spread out into the neighborhood to install free smoke alarms. By the end of the event, 57 area homes had been made safer from home fires.

Photos by Jenny Arrieta/American Red Cross

American Red Cross volunteers, staff and members of the Modesto Fire Department at a Sound the Alarm event in Modesto, CA on May 14, 2022. Red Cross volunteers installed 48 free smoke alarms in 23 homes. They also shared information with residents about the causes of home fires, how to prevent them and what to do if a fire starts.

Photos by Cari Dighton and Martin Gagliano/American Red Cross

The 2022 Sound the Alarm campaign celebrated its signature smoke alarm installation event on a warm, sunny day at the Chateau La Salle Mobile Home Park in San Jose. Nearly 100 homes were made safer thanks to free smoke alarms and home fire safety education. Nearly as many Red Crossers turned out for this event, along with the San Jose Fire Department. It was a great day to help #EndHomeFires.

Photos by Jenny Arrieta/American Red Cross

Red Cross volunteers, staff, and local Seaside High School students, along with the support of the North County Fire District of Monterey County Fire Department, came together on a bright, sunny Saturday to Sound the Alarm. After a briefing by the Fire Department, DPM Patsy Gasca, and remarks by Monterey County Supervisor Phillips, the teams spread out into the neighborhood to install free smoke alarms. By the end of the event, 57 area homes had been made safer from home fires.

Photos by Jenny Arrieta/American Red Cross

The Silicon Valley Chapter and the community of San Jose came together to install smoke alarms at the Golden Wheel Park after a tragic fire killed a grandfather and two children the previous month. Partnering with the Red Cross were the City of San Jose, SJFD, Team Rubicon and other community groups. Seventy-five volunteers installed 250 smoke alarms in 83 homes ensuring that more families were better prepared.

Photography by Kane Wong/American Red Cross

“My stepdad has been a Fireman for 27 years so we have always talked about fire preparedness, prevention and escape plans and what to do in case of emergencies. It’s definitely been drilled into me from a young age how important these things are,” says Megan, a volunteer for the American Red Cross Sound the Alarm program. Megan and nearly 100 other volunteers installed free smoke alarms in homes in Santa Clara on May 21.

Thank you to Megan and other volunteers who helped local families prevent and prepare for home fires.

To donate or find out more about the Red Cross Sound the Alarm program visit SoundTheAlarm.org.

The 2022 Sound the Alarm campaign celebrated its signature smoke alarm installation event on a warm, sunny day at the Chateau La Salle Mobile Home Park in San Jose. Nearly 100 homes were made safer thanks to free smoke alarms and home fire safety education. Nearly as many Red Crossers turned out for this event, along with the San Jose Fire Department. It was a great day to help #EndHomeFires.

Photos and reporting by Alex Keilty/American Red Cross

The Red Cross, along with the Novato Fire Protection District and local Rotary Club of Novato members, fitted about 50 homes in the RV Park with free smoke alarms to #endhomefires. They also handed out information on fire safety and home evacuation plans. The 2022 Sound the Alarm campaign aims to put new smoke alarms in 50,000 homes nationwide. Learn more at soundthealarm.org.

Photo and reporting by Marcia Antipa/American Red Cross

Working to prevent home fires, we were in a Moss Beach community installing smoke alarms and providing home fire preparedness training.

Working to prevent home fires, we were in a Moss Beach community installing smoke alarms and providing home fire preparedness training.

Working to prevent home fires, we were in a Moss Beach community installing smoke alarms and providing home fire preparedness training.

The 2022 Sound the Alarm campaign celebrated its signature smoke alarm installation event on a warm, sunny day at the Chateau La Salle Mobile Home Park in San Jose. Nearly 100 homes were made safer thanks to free smoke alarms and home fire safety education. Nearly as many Red Crossers turned out for this event, along with the San Jose Fire Department. It was a great day to help #EndHomeFires.

Photos by Jenny Arrieta/American Red Cross

The 2022 Sound the Alarm campaign celebrated its signature smoke alarm installation event on a warm, sunny day at the Chateau La Salle Mobile Home Park in San Jose. Nearly 100 homes were made safer thanks to free smoke alarms and home fire safety education. Nearly as many Red Crossers turned out for this event, along with the San Jose Fire Department. It was a great day to help #EndHomeFires.

Photos by Jenny Arrieta/American Red Cross

The Red Cross, along with the Novato Fire Protection District and local Rotary Club of Novato members, fitted about 50 homes in the RV Park with free smoke alarms to #endhomefires. They also handed out information on fire safety and home evacuation plans. The 2022 Sound the Alarm campaign aims to put new smoke alarms in 50,000 homes nationwide. Learn more at soundthealarm.org.

Photo and reporting by Marcia Antipa/American Red Cross

The Silicon Valley Chapter and the community of San Jose came together to install smoke alarms at the Golden Wheel Park after a tragic fire killed a grandfather and two children the previous month. Partnering with the Red Cross were the City of San Jose, SJFD, Team Rubicon and other community groups. Seventy-five volunteers installed 250 smoke alarms in 83 homes ensuring that more families were better prepared.

Photography by Kane Wong/American Red Cross

The 2022 Sound the Alarm campaign celebrated its signature smoke alarm installation event on a warm, sunny day at the Chateau La Salle Mobile Home Park in San Jose. Nearly 100 homes were made safer thanks to free smoke alarms and home fire safety education. Nearly as many Red Crossers turned out for this event, along with the San Jose Fire Department. It was a great day to help #EndHomeFires.

Photos by Alex Keilty/American Red Cross

American Red Cross volunteers, staff and members of the Modesto Fire Department at a Sound the Alarm event in Modesto, CA on May 14, 2022. Red Cross volunteers installed 48 free smoke alarms in 23 homes. They also shared information with residents about the causes of home fires, how to prevent them and what to do if a fire starts.

Photos by Cari Dighton and Martin Gagliano/American Red Cross

Working to prevent home fires, we were in a Moss Beach community installing smoke alarms and providing home fire preparedness training.

The 2022 Sound the Alarm campaign celebrated its signature smoke alarm installation event on a warm, sunny day at the Chateau La Salle Mobile Home Park in San Jose. Nearly 100 homes were made safer thanks to free smoke alarms and home fire safety education. Nearly as many Red Crossers turned out for this event, along with the San Jose Fire Department. It was a great day to help #EndHomeFires.

Photos by Jenny Arrieta/American Red Cross

The 2022 Sound the Alarm campaign celebrated its signature smoke alarm installation event on a warm, sunny day at the Chateau La Salle Mobile Home Park in San Jose. Nearly 100 homes were made safer thanks to free smoke alarms and home fire safety education. Nearly as many Red Crossers turned out for this event, along with the San Jose Fire Department. It was a great day to help #EndHomeFires.

Photos by Jenny Arrieta/American Red Cross

Volunteers and staff at a Sound the Alarm event in Richmond, CA. May 7, 2022. The program provides communities with free smoke alarms that volunteers install. This event was a partnership with the with the Richmond Fire Department.

Photography by Brenda Dawson Dove

Red Crossers and the Richmond Fire Department worked together to provide the local community with free smoke alarms and home fire safety information on Saturday, May 7 in Richmond, Calif. Together with the Richmond Fire Department, the team made 42 homes and 151 residents safer installing 149 free smoke alarms.

The Oakland Fire Department coordinated with the Alameda County Red Cross to install smoke alarms in the Fruitvale neighborhood around the Unity Council Center. Forty-one homes were made safer with the installation of 166 smoke alarms. Our Salvation Army partner was also at the event providing meals and support.

Photos by Kane Wong/American Red Cross

The 2022 Sound the Alarm campaign celebrated its signature smoke alarm installation event on a warm, sunny day at the Chateau La Salle Mobile Home Park in San Jose. Nearly 100 homes were made safer thanks to free smoke alarms and home fire safety education. Nearly as many Red Crossers turned out for this event, along with the San Jose Fire Department. It was a great day to help #EndHomeFires.

Photos by Jenny Arrieta/American Red Cross

Red Crossers visited a San Francisco neighborhood near Lake Merced on May 21, 2022 to #SoundTheAlarm. Nineteen homes housing 45 residents were made safer with 22 free smoke alarms installed. Shout out to the San Francisco Fire Department for their ongoing support and partnership, and our awesome Red Cross volunteers! #EndHomeFires

Reporting and photos by Debbie Yee/American Red Cross

American Red Cross volunteers, staff and members of the Modesto Fire Department at a Sound the Alarm event in Modesto, CA on May 14, 2022. Red Cross volunteers installed 48 free smoke alarms in 23 homes. They also shared information with residents about the causes of home fires, how to prevent them and what to do if a fire starts.

Photos by Cari Dighton and Martin Gagliano/American Red Cross