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“I Lost Six of my People.” Maui Wildfire Survivor Opens Up To Red Cross Volunteer.
By Darrell Fuller Watch Darrell’s story here. I am a volunteer with the American Red Cross. I spent four weeks on the island of Maui responding to the wildfires there. […]
Red Cross Volunteers Reflect on Critical Role in Disaster Response
Olivia Wolf/Red Cross Cascades Region A four-alarm fire around downtown Portland displaced more than a dozen residents of an old apartment building the morning of Tuesday, May 16. The fire […]
Cascades Region volunteers sacrifice holidays with family to support those impacted by Kentucky tornadoes
Story by Dawn Johnson/Red Cross Cascades Region Nearly a month after an outbreak of deadly tornadoes cut through the heart of the Midwest and South in December 2021, Red Cross […]
A Year Later, Historic 2020 Fires Recall Memories of Love and Loss
Story by Harriet Vanderbilt / Red Cross Cascades Region One year ago, on Sept. 7, 2020, Mother Nature unleashed a catastrophic series of events upon thousands of Oregonians. First, there […]
Bootleg Fire Showcases Importance of Collaboration During Disaster Response
If you walk into the Oregon Department of Forestry Incident Management Team headquarters for Zone 1 of the Bootleg Wildfire you will find yourself in a sea of green pants […]
Klamath Tribes Delivers Key Community Support During Devastating Bootleg Wildfire
Story by Darrell Fuller/Red Cross Cascades Region Just three days into the massive Bootleg fire raging in Oregon, the Red Cross opened an evacuation shelter at the Klamath County Fairgrounds. […]
Red Cross Volunteer Supports Wildfire Response as own Home is Threatened
Story by Darrell Fuller/Red Cross Cascades Region Hank Nowak of Joliet, Montana (about 30 miles outside Billings), flew to Medford, Oregon on Saturday, July 10th, 2021 to serve as a Red Cross shelter […]
‘Leave now or you’ll die,’ How the Red Cross is Supporting those Impacted by the Bootleg Fire
Story by Darrell Fuller/Red Cross Cascades Region Tim McCarley is a retired sheriff’s deputy from Reno. He, and his bride Dee, moved to Oregon along with her adult son, David, to build their dream retirement home in the […]
Historic multi-day heatwave, pushes Cascades Region volunteers to adapt to yet another disaster like no other
Story by Sarah Cagann/Red Cross Cascades Region We saw the forecasts and read the headlines; a dangerous multi-day, triple-digit heatwave was coming to the Cascades Region. Yet it was still […]
One Company’s Creative Solution to Fundraising During Oregon Wildfires
Story by Julia Green / Red Cross Cascades Region The 2020 fire season was one of the most destructive fire seasons in the state of Oregon’s history. In a matter […]