![]() Throughout the night and into early this morning, volunteers met with 13 families at the West Park community center to determine their immediate needs, such as housing, food, and any health services such as medication replacement. They immediately started working with families to make sure they had a place to sleep last night. Members of the Red Cross Disaster Action Team, a group of specially trained volunteers who respond to disasters like home fires any time of the day or night, arrived on the scene last evening around 9:00 p.m. “As our volunteers continue to care for the families and provide for their immediate needs to cope and recover, National Fire Prevention Week is a reminder for all residents in our community to learn what they should do in the event of a fire in their home.” “Home fires can be a threat because they happen so quickly, as families with children experienced last night in Romeoville,” said Ken Cozzi, Executive Director of the American Red Cross of the Illinois River Valley. ![]() ![]() Red Cross volunteers are providing immediate disaster relief, including a safe place to stay, food, and emotional support for up to 13 families. 12, 2016) -The American Red Cross of Chicago & Northern Illinois continues to help up to 25 people, two of them are children, affected by an explosion in a townhome complex last night on Stawflower Court in Romeoville. 9-15, the Red Cross is asking every household to take some simple steps around home fires and save lives This week during National Fire Prevention Week Oct. Red Cross Helping Up To 25 People Affected by Explosion in Romeoville
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