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Grasle’s anecdote underscores the reason the Red Cross is in the “business” of home fire safety and why it’s important to continue the work.

As such, he witnesses the aftermath of home fires, often the result of not having working smoke alarms installed.

Grasle also volunteers as a Red Cross local disaster services worker, helping survivors after home fires. Sadly, he often sees the other side of the story. The house was a total loss, but they escaped.” “We had installed smoke alarms in their home,” he said. Photo submitted.īut, the impact of this work is very tangible, as is evident in Grasle’s recollection of a Portland couple’s story. We’re able to get to the communities we serve because we have good addresses.Jon Grasle installing a smoke alarm during the 2019 Sound the Alarm event. The address verification really does make an impact. "I’ve never experienced any issues with the tools and they seem to be getting better all the time. "Everyone I’ve dealt with at Smarty has been super supportive and helpful," said Janecek.

“Being able to reliably understand where the fires are actually occurring and where we’re delivering our services is huge for us." The American Red Cross has been using Smarty tools for about 4-5 years. "The Smarty tool has been fundamental in helping us clean the data and build our models,” said Jake Janecek, Red Cross Project Manager. In a recent study, the difference in fire rates, fatalities, and injuries between program participants and non-participants was significant. Through this post-fire response investigative processes, the Red Cross has been able to document 1,189 lives saved as of November 2021! Given the quality of data collected by the Red Cross and its partners, they are one of the few organizations that has been able to document community risk reduction (and lives saved) at this scale.īecause they have clean address data management, they can also compare actual fire incident data against addresses of those who participated in their program versus those who didn’t participate.