Red Cross volunteers and community partners installed 341 free smoke alarms in four communities across our region in June and made 196 households safer from home fires, significantly exceeding our Sound the Alarm goals. 

Teams installed 138 alarms in Browning and were able to get into about 20 percent of the homes in that community. In Nampa, we installed 102 alarms and kept 120 people from home fires. 

In Idaho Falls, we installed 54 alarms and also made 21 homes safer in Billings. 

As part of a pilot program, Red Cross volunteers and partners also helped a mobile home community in Livingston reduce their wildfire risk in June.

With the help of community partners, residents learned about how to create defensible spaces around their homes by removing excess brush and moving woodpiles and other flammable materials further from their homes.

Volunteers also went over a wildfire safety checklist with families, outlining what to do if a wildfire is threatening their property. The project made 13 homes safer from wildfires.