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“Guardian Angels were watching over me,” Portland man saved at local park by CPR certified bystanders

Hundreds of Oregon and SW Washington homes made safer with free smoke alarms during annual Sound the Alarm campaign

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The Saving Power of Smoke Alarms

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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 […]

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