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Red Cross outlines "Sound the Alarm" home-fire campaign, schedules Atwater canvass and installations
Summary
American Red Cross community disaster program manager Gamila Mohammed briefed the Atwater City Council on the Sound the Alarm home-fire campaign, described national and local impact and volunteer roles, and announced Atwater canvassing on April 4 with installations April 11.
Gamila Mohammed, community disaster program manager for the American Red Cross of Merced County, told the Atwater City Council on March 9 that the organization’s Sound the Alarm campaign has saved lives and will hold local canvassing and installation events in and near Atwater this spring. "Since the program started in 2014, across the nation, over 2,577 lives have been saved," Mohammed said.
The program combines neighborhood canvassing, appointment-based installs and education. Mohammed described the process: volunteers and partner fire departments test existing smoke alarms, replace units older than 10 years, install specialty…
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