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Emergency Services

Local Red Cross Response

Many people don’t realize that when the local 
fire department responds to a residential house 
or apartment fire that the American Red Cross 
is also there at the scene. 

Our Red Cross volunteers, unsung heroes, are 
on call 24-hours a day, seven days a week, often leaving behind friends, loved ones, and their warm beds in the middle of the night to help provide assistance to local families devastated by a disaster.
 

When our Red Cross volunteers arrive, they work immediately to meet the emergency needs of those affected such as providing a safe place to stay and vouchers that can be used to replace clothing, food, personal items, and any medications that may have been lost.

In our community, the American Red Cross Mount Rainier Chapter assists a family devastated by a disaster almost every 48 hours. Last year, Red Cross volunteers helped to provide food, clothing, shoes, and shelter to over 200 local families.

The Red Cross encourages everyone to take steps to help ensure the safety of your loved ones by reviewing your emergency plan with your family members twice a year, checking your smoke alarms, putting together or purchasing your disaster supplies kit, and importantly practicing ways to escape from your home.

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Fires kill more Americans each year than all natural disasters combined. Working together, we can try to prepare for and prevent as many disasters from happening. But should a disaster strike, the Red Cross and our disaster volunteers will be there.

The American Red Cross Mount Rainier Chapter serving Pierce, Thurston, Mason, and Lewis Counties is here to help - it's really about rebuilding lives, restoring hope for your neighbors 
in their darkest hour.

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