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Serving Madison, Carroll,
Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Gibson, Hardeman, Haywood,
Henderson and Henry Counties |
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Jackson
Area Community Ravaged by Fires |
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Jackson Area
Chapter Fire Count FY June 2009 - July 2010 |
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Serving Madison,
Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Gibson, Hardeman,
Haywood, Henderson, and Henry Counties |
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Families Assisted |
Individuals Displaced |
Children Affected |
Single House Fires |
Apartment Fires |
Mobile Home Fires |
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179 |
560 |
322 |
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Highest Impact
Disasters |
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Annually, the Red Cross provides relief for victims of
more than 73,000 disasters-most of which are never heard about.
House fires account for 92 percent of
the Red Cross disaster response.
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Local Home Fires |
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When fire disasters
happen to
families, in some cases, they are forced from their homes with
only the clothes they were wearing. This is when the relief
effort from the Jackson Area Chapter of the Red Cross begins. |
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Local Assistance
Provided |
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The Jackson Area
Chapter provides emergency aid to
families by assisting with the needed emergency lodging, shelter,
groceries, clothing, shoes, life sustaining medicines
and prescription eyeglasses. |
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Blankets & Comfort Kits |
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addition, the Jackson Area
Chapter also provides Personal Comfort Kits and Blankets to victims of
fires.
Blankets and Comfort Kits
are made available through voluntary donations to the
Chapter. |
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Red Cross Assistance Is An
Outright Gift. It is provided by
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American people.
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All Red Cross Disaster Help is FREE.
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Red
Cross assistance is made possible by voluntary donations of time
and money from the American people. You can help the victims of
thousands of disasters across the country each year by making a
financial gift to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund,
which enables the Red Cross to provide shelter, food,
counseling, and other assistance to those in need. |
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