John Willoughby: Greene Publishing, Inc.
Madison Fire Rescue (MFR) and the American Red Cross (ARC) have teamed up to provide safety, security and peace-of-mind to you this winter.
The North Florida Home Fire Campaign (NFHF) and MFR are helping to save lives by installing free smoke alarms and detectors in homes that do not have them. MFR requests that residents who do not have smoke detectors and alarms should fill out a form, given to them by the ARC, and a representative with the MFR will come to the home and install the detector and alarm at absolutely no cost.
The ARC is working to reduce death and injury from home fires by 25 percent by 2020. ARC reports that seven people die every day from a home fire, and 36 people suffer injury every day from a home fire. ARC also reports that over $7 billion in property damage occurs every year. Through the NFHF Campaign, 303 lives have been saved, and more than one million smoke alarms have been installed; that's 445,214 homes made safer and 972,451 youth reached through this campaign.
If you do not have a smoke detector or alarm in your home, do not hesitate to call. You may call MFR at (850) 973-5075 or go online to redcross.org.