Roughly 60 volunteers will be installing over 100 free smoke alarms.

The American Red Cross is going door-to-door on Syracuse’s near Westside neighborhood on Saturday, May 6th. The Central and Northern New York Chapter of the American Red Cross is doing just that through its annual Sound the Alarm campaign. (WSYR-TV) - Keeping families and homes safe. The Red Cross also recommends practicing a two-minute fire escape plan.SYRACUSE, N.Y. Equally important are a carbon monoxide detector and a fire escape ladder for second floor rooms, plus reflective outdoor stickers that display the house number. Other recommendations include buying an ABC-rated fire extinguisher that douses grease and electrical fires as well as flames caused by paper or cloth. She also warned people to stay away from dollar store extension cords and power strips and instead purchase ones with Underwriters Laboratory (UL) approval. Lori Pizzarelli, a Red Cross Long Island home fire team leader, doled out several tips, stressing that appliances should be plugged directly into wall outlets, and space heaters and fireplaces should be kept three feet away from anything combustible. The organization has helped protect more than 4,000 Long Island households while installing more than 13,000 alarms since 2014. Most of the deaths occur in homes without working fire alarms.

Even if I bought them, I wouldn’t know where to put them so this is really great.”Īccording to the Red Cross, home fires kill an average of seven people a day nationwide, causing more annual deaths than all other natural disasters combined. “He took care of all the maintenance of the home and I didn’t follow through with it,” said Sarabia, who reached out to Solages’ office after getting a notice.

Sarabia said her husband was responsible for upkeep and no one had overseen fire safety since he died in 2004. On Newburgh Street in Elmont, 64-year-old Olga Sarabia had seven detectors installed in her home. By clicking Sign up, you agree to our privacy policy.

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