Tag: wildfires
Red Cross Experience Provides Inspiration for Volunteer to Become Frontline Wildfire Firefighter
Story by Patricia Griffiths/Red Cross Cascades Region Soot grinds into eyes. Heat sears through three layers of clothing. The raging fire roars into ears. Fighting the 220,000-acre Caldor fire in […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Oregon Wildfires Inspired Me to Help, The Oregon Spirit Left Me in Awe
Story and photos by Anne Stearns / Red Cross Cascades Region My name is Anne Stearns and I was one of Disaster Health Services Supervisors for the wildfire disaster relief […]
When A Disaster Hits Your Hometown, ‘You Act’
Story by Kalen Pippins / Red Cross Cascades Region I was working when I first got the emergency alert that unusually strong winds were being forecast to hit Lane County, […]
In the Aftermath of Wildfires, the Devastation Becomes More Clear
Story and photos by Lynette Nyman / Red Cross Cascades Region When the Holiday Farm Fire blazed through the McKenzie River Valley in Oregon people fled to the east and […]
“That’s what we do”: The Albins’ story of sheltering their neighbors
Story by Greta Gustafson, photos by Axl David / Red Cross Cascades Region At 11 am on Tuesday, September 8th, Patty and Chuck Albins’ phone rang. It was the call they were prepared […]
Oregon Wildfire Response is a ‘Team Effort’ As Volunteers Put Collaboration at the Forefront
Story and photo by Axl David / Red Cross Cascades Region Inside a nondescript office building in Salem, Oregon, Jenny Legaspi is working tirelessly to embody a phrase we often say at the Red […]
With One Question, Red Cross Volunteers Help Comfort Oregon Family Impacted by Wildfires
Story by Lynette Nyman / Red Cross Cascades Region In non-pandemic times, I’d get to hold and play with baby Shiloh. I’d make baby sounds, play peek-a-boo and generally make a […]