Sound the Alarm! Educate Risk Neighborhoods for Home Fire Safety

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Sound the Alarm Territorial Lead:

Through the Sound the Alarm! and Home Fire Campaigns, the American Red Cross has installed over 2 million smoke detectors in at risk neighborhoods and have save over 800 lives! This is a lead position. Volunteers will

1. Provide ongoing supervision to Home Fire Campaign Team Members
2. Support the annual preparedness goals through participation in meetings, projects, and local response activities
3. Assign Home Fire Campaign activities to team members in your operating area according to the relevant activities and there.
4. Projects may include tasks such as leading Home Fire Campaign events, meeting with partners to build relationships, conducting inventory, supporting reporting efforts, and procuring or receiving preparedness supplies

Hours: This position typically will work 2-6 hours per week. There is a large uptick in hours leading up to and during the national Sound the Alarm! campaign.

Location: At this time, most positions are virtual. This position typically requires some in-person activity such as scouting locations, leading local events, attending meetings with partners and more. As counties begin to open up, there may be in-person opportunities but the majority of work at this time is virtual.

About American Red Cross:
Each day, thousands of people - people just like you - provide compassionate care to those in need. Our network of generous donors, volunteers and employees share a mission of preventing and relieving suffering, here at home and around the world.

We roll up our sleeves and donate time, money and blood. We learn or teach life-saving skills so our communities can be better prepared when the need arises. We do this every day because the Red Cross is needed - every day.