Tag: housefires
Every Day, the Oregon Red Cross is There
On Wednesday, December 28, 2011, Red Cross volunteers Ed Rentz, Mac McCawley and Geoff Jutzy responded to a disaster in the 9900 block of N Smith Street, Portland, OR. The […]
Friday Final Cut
It’s Friday, and once again we find ourselves with a plethora of stories. So here’s your final cut…everything that we wanted to share, but don’t have time to blog. Enjoy! […]
Ryan Van Vactor, Annette Sansburn & Bella Pointer: 2011 Fire Heroes
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Spreading The Flames Of Hope
When housefires happen, people lose everything. And when you think about the fact that fires happen every 80 seconds, you realize that that’s a LOT of precious memories, destroyed in […]
Why the Heck Should I Give to the Red Cross?
I’ve been playing around on this new Red Cross website all morning, whyshouldigive.org. It’s not so much a game, but it gives you different reasons that the Red Cross is […]
Friday Final Cut
It’s Friday, and I once again find myself with a plethora of stories. So here’s your final cut…everything that I want to share, but don’t have time to blog. Enjoy! […]
Video: Why You Should Water Your Tree
As we depart for the Christmas holiday, I thought I’d leave you on a rather scary note. Remember how last year we showed you this video of an Xmas tree […]
” You Just Never Know When Someone’s Going Into Labor On Your Back Seat.”
Yep, that’s what I heard from one of our disaster volunteers who responded to a housefire that took an unusual twist. Patty was on the scene after the firefighers were […]
Even Santa Can Have A House Fire
OK, maybe not THE Santa. But one of his local helpers, with his own homemade red Santa suit, which is now in ruins. It goes without saying that house fires […]
Disaster Response Update
October 4: Two fires in less than 12 hours! Disaster volunteers responded to a single wide trailer fire in Irrigon, Oregon. One adult and a child received help with clothes, […]