American Red Cross Home Fire Campaign / Sound the Alarm in Baltimore County

How it works

The Baltimore County volunteer listing describes the Red Cross Home Fire Campaign / Sound the Alarm as an ongoing program. Volunteers serve on teams to install smoke alarms and educate residents about home fire risk. The page says the effort is meant to reduce death and injuries from home fires in high-risk communities.

What the money covers

This is not a grant, rebate, or loan. The program provides free services, specifically home smoke alarm installation and fire-safety education. The listing also says residents receive home-safety checklists and help creating home escape plans.

Service model and timing

The page says Home Fire Campaign activities are typically held on Saturday mornings. It also says the program supports scheduled home smoke alarm installations, currently supporting Tuesday appointments. The listing is marked ongoing.

What homeowners receive

According to the page, the program can include:

• installation of home smoke alarms
• fire-safety education
• home-safety checklists
• help creating home escape plans

How to get help

The page shown is a volunteer-service listing rather than a homeowner application form. It does not publish a homeowner intake process, but it indicates the service is delivered in Baltimore County, Maryland.

Additional details from the listing

The Red Cross description on the page says it responds to an average of more than 60,000 disasters, and that 90% are home fires. It encourages people to join the Sound the Alarm program to help people prepare for disasters.