

“And we take special pride in knowing that the smoke alarm program we started more than 30 years ago in Cleveland served as a model for the current Red Cross Home Fire Campaign.” Watch a video of the history of the Home Fire Campaign in Cleveland. “We are proud of our incredible work with community partners to help save lives by providing free smoke alarms in Northern Ohio as part of the national Home Fire Campaign,” said John Gareis, Regional Preparedness Manager. Most often, these tragedies occur in homes without working smoke alarms.

Since launching in October 2014, the campaign has saved at least 1,583 lives nationwide - including 17 people in Northern Ohio - from the threat of home fires, which claim seven lives every day in the U.S.
