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America Red Cross
Exceeds Sound the Alarm Goals
National and local campaigns successful
Piqua – (May 24, 2018) - The results are in and the Northern
Miami Valley Ohio Chapter of the American Red Cross had an extremely
successful Sound the Alarm campaign! NMVO volunteers and community
partners installed a total of 268 free smoke alarms in the area
residences, making 116 homes safer.
Nationally, 30,859 volunteers installed 103,423 smoke alarms in 43,008
homes across the country. Well surpassing the goal of installing
100,000 alarms nationwide between April 28 through May 13.
Locally, 110 smoke alarms were installed in Piqua during a single day
event held on April 28, which made 56 homes in the Southview area
safer. Volunteers also installed alarms by appointment in Clarke
and Darke counties bringing the entire campaign total to 268
alarms. The Greenville, Piqua, Springfield, and Urbana Fire
Departments were instrumental in the success of the campaign.
As a result of the Red Cross Home Fire campaign which started in 2014,
the number of documented lives saved has now grown to 431.
In the Greater Cincinnati-Dayton region, of which NMVO is a part, a
total of 16 lives have been saved with three here locally.
According to Chapter Executive Lynne Gump, “We couldn’t have
accomplished such great success without the generosity of our local
sponsors and partners. Thank you to Honda, Lee’s Chicken, Miami
Valley Career Technical Center, Hartzell Propeller, Piqua Community
Foundation, Second National Bank, Clark State, DP&L, Wayne
HealthCare, Troy Foundation, Lydia Schaurer Memorial Trust, Springfield
Foundation, Harry Stephens Memorial Inc. and Darke Rural Electric Round
Up Foundation for supporting your local Red Cross chapter and to our
volunteers who helped make the homes of the Northern Miami Valley
safer.
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