Today, the American Red Cross was asked to assist a client who was displaced by a home fire in the 7500 Block of I-27.
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Grand Rapids Fire Department Battalion Chief Todd VanderWall on scene told 24 Hour News 8 that the family in the house was alerted to the fire by an alarm that installed as a part of a program to provide residents with free smoke detectors.
“The resident said she heard the alarms and got out immediately”. The Red Cross is helping the resident relocate. Erin Imhoff, Disaster Action Team Captain reported.
Fire experts agree that people may have as little as two minutes to escape a burning home before it’s too late to get out. People could also tour the Fire Safety House, learn about emergency planning, and creating fire escape routes. The peak times for home fire fatalities is when we are sleeping; between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. Children and seniors are at the greatest risk of dying in home fires.
Neighbors provided aid to the family until the Red Cross arrived.
Saturday, Griffith and other volunteers replaced smoke detectors in Alvin Jones’ home that were more than 15 years old.
Wake Up Delaware has been recognized as the only initiative of its kind in the United States, where all fire stations in a state join together at the same time on a given day to distribute free smoke detectors and batteries to residents.
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Their goal was to reduce the amount of house fires and house fire-related deaths.
