Red Cross volunteers and members of Jackson County Fire District #3 will team up to install more than 300 free smoke detectors for local families vulnerable to home fires during a "Sound the Alarm" event this Saturday in White City.
This effort is part of the American Red Cross Home Fire Campaign, which has helped save at least 2,060 lives -- including 24 lives in the Cascades Region -- since launching in October 2014.
The goal of the "Sound the Alarm" initiative is to install 50,000 free smoke alarms with partners in more than 50 at-risk communities across the country.
Saturday's event starts at 9 a.m. with guest speakers at Jackson County Fire District #3 on Agate Road in White City. Smoke alarm installations in selected homes will continue until around 3:30 p.m..
Red Cross officials said this work is made possible by generous regional partners such as Tektronix, Mountain Home and Leatherman.
