Join the Red Cross Team and Help Your Community

  

Summer is winding down and people are starting to settle into routines.

For the Red Cross, our routine includes being trained and prepared in order to respond to disasters and other life-threatening emergencies 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Disasters can happen at any place and time – holidays, while on vacation, at work, commuting around the region or at home to name a few. There are thousands of Red Cross volunteers ready to help, and we need more!

Have you wondered about how the Red Cross helps in times of disasters?

Do you have an interest in learning how to help the people in your community?

Are you able to dedicate some time in your schedule to join a team?

Why not become a volunteer?!

Click here to visit our web site to learn about how to volunteer.

Click here to learn about our FREE Red Cross disaster training courses.

Invite your family, friends, colleagues and community members to volunteer and attend training with you.  You can learn together and be prepared!

www.redcrossnca.org

Summer Heat Waves

Summer is well on its way and heat waves can be expected.

Excessive heat has caused more deaths than other weather-related deaths – including floods.

A heat wave is a prolonged period of excessive heat, often combined with excessive humidity. Generally temperatures are 10 degrees or more above the average high temperature for the region during summer months, lasting for a long period of time and ocurring with high humidity as well.

Know the Difference

Excessive Heat Watch – Conditions are favorable for an excessive heat event to meet or exceed local Excessive Heat Warning criteria in the next 24 to 72 hours.

Excessive Heat Warning – Heat index values are forecast to meet or exceed locally defined warning criteria for at least two days (daytime highs = 105 to 110 degrees Fahrenheit).

Heat Advisory– Heat index values are forecast to meet locally defined advisory criteria for one to two days (daytime highs = 100 to 105 degrees Fahrenheit).

  

Three Essential Things to Learn

How Can I Prepare?

What Should I Do During a Heat Wave?

Recognize and Care for Heat Related Emergencies

Click here to download a Be Red Cross Ready Heat Wave Safety Checklist.

Educating and preparing yourselves about heat waves will empower you and your family to have a more enjoyable, safer summer experience.

www.redcrossnca.org