Volunteers needed to install smoke alarms in Valley homes

If you’re looking for a way to volunteer your time in the new year, the American Red Cross has an opportunity for you to do just that. The MLK Sound the Alarm, Save a Life Service Event will take place Saturday, Jan. 13 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The Red Cross is seeking volunteers to help install free smoke alarms in homes across the United States. According to the organization, someone in the U.S. dies in a home fire seven times a day, and every 40 minutes a fire-related injury is reported.

While home fires are the most common disaster facing Americans today, they are also the most preventable. Simply having a working smoke alarm in the home reduces the risk of dying in a home fire by 50%.

That’s where you come in. You can register locally to help the Red Cross continue its mission to reduce fire-related deaths and injuries in the U.S. by 25% within five years. Volunteers will meet at Clovis Fire Station 1, 633 Pollasky Ave., at 8:30 a.m. on Jan. 13.

There is no need to be a registered Red Cross volunteer or have any prior training, so feel free to bring your family members or a group of friends.

Details and registration form can be found here.

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Jason Farris

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I grew up in Fresno. Relaxed in its calm breezes, listened with my dad to the crack of the bat at little league baseball games when I was a kid and now take my son to do the same at minor league games. I broadened my mind at its schools (I went to high school right here at San Joaquin Memorial, and to college at Fresno State!) I love that if I drive for two hours in one direction, I can be in the mountains. For two hours in another, luxuriating on a California beach. I can enjoy the cosmopolitan atmosphere of San Francisco or Los Angeles, but still be able to come home to relaxation, calm, and quiet.

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