Community Corner
Volunteer: Fire Preparedness Canvassing Event in Manassas Park April 25
This initiative is happening all over the country and involves Red Cross workers joining with local fire departments and the community.
The American Red Cross, National Capital Region is partnering with Manassas Park Fire & Rescue as part of its Home Fire Preparedness Campaign to teach people how to be prepared for home fires and install smoke alarms where needed.
You can register for this free volunteer community event here.
Date and Time:
April 25th, 2015 8am – 2pm
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Location:
Manassas Park Fire & Rescue Station
9080 Manassas Dr.
Manassas Park, VA 20111
Seven times a day, someone dies in a home fire. Every 40 minutes, an injury from a fire is reported. Nearly 1,000 times every day, fire departments are called to home fires. Damage from US home fires is bigger than the entire annual sales of many Fortune 500 companies.
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For the past 20 years, these numbers have been relatively stagnant. By mobilizing the power of volunteers and the generosity of donors in our community, the American Red Cross and Manassas Park Fire & Rescue will attack that stagnation. In an unprecedented, nationwide effort to combine new technology and innovation with old-fashioned neighbor-to-neighbor outreach, we will save lives, reduce injuries, and cut down on needless losses.
Our goal is to reduce the number of fire deaths and injuries in the United States by 25% within five years. There are three cornerstones to the strategy:
- Door-to-door installation of smoke alarms and completion of home-safety checklists and plans in vulnerable neighborhoods,
- Engagement of youth in classrooms and after school with technology, challenges, and sciencebased education,
- A marketing and public relations campaign to motivate ordinary people to take action to save themselves, their families and their neighbors by checking smoke alarms and practicing evacuating when the alarm goes off.
Please join us for this lifesaving initiative! Saturday, April 25, 2015 from 8am - 2pm at Manassas Park Fire & Rescue station to canvass Manassas Park with fire preparedness/prevention information and install smoke alarms where needed! Again, the registration link is here.
Sincerely,
Your American Red Cross in Prince William County
