From American Red Cross:
The Best Defense Against a Home Fire is Being Prepared
American Red Cross volunteers, Asheville Fire Fighters and AmeriCorps volunteers will spend Saturday, May 7 walking door-to-door installing free smoke alarms and distributing fire safety information to residents in neighborhoods surrounding Hall Fletcher Elementary School. They will be having conversations with residents on ways to better prevent home fires and how to better protect themselves and their loved ones should they experience a fire. The team will also provide residents with fire safety printed materials.
What: Volunteers and fire fighters will walk door-to-door throughout the area, talk with residents, check and install free smoke alarms and educate residents how to create a household fire escape plan and leave behind fire safety tips.
When: Saturday, May 7 at 10:00 a.m.
Where: Hall Fletcher Elementary School 60 Ridgelawn Rd, Asheville, NC 28806
Why: Working smoke alarms cut the risk of dying in a home fire in half.RSVP: Please RSVP to Kelly Hinz, 828-768-1434
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