BALTIMORE — The Baltimore City Fire Department and the Red Cross of the National Capital & Greater Chesapeake Region are serving to to creating Baltimore properties a bit safer.
On Saturday, the group distributed and put in a whole bunch of free smoke alarms for Baltimore households at Pimlico Race Course and the Biddle Street Garage.
It’s all part of the Red Cross’ Sound the Alarm occasions, a nationwide initiative held all year long. The objective? To assist stop tragedies just like the deadly fireplace on April 4th in east Baltimore.
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“Unfortunately, somebody dies in a house fire-related tragedy seven instances a day within the U.S.,” mentioned Dale Kunce, CEO of the Red Cross of the National Capital & Greater Chesapeake Region. “But a working smoke alarm might be the distinction between survival and tragedy.”
In addition to putting in new smoke alarms, volunteers additionally checked batteries in present alarms and helped households create a fireplace escape plan.
If you need to volunteer for the subsequent Sound the Alarm occasion, click on right here.
