The American Red Cross of Chicago & Northern Illinois is kicking off the second year of the ‘Sound the Alarm. Save a Life’ campaign with home fire safety and smoke alarm installation events across Chicago and northern Illinois this spring. Volunteers and partners will visit homes and install over 2,000 free smoke alarms as part of a national goal of 100,000. The home fire safety and smoke alarm installation events below are part of a push of Sound the Alarm events in 100 cities with a high risk of home fires—which kill more people in a typical year in the U.S than all other natural disasters combined. Smoke alarms help saves lives as most deaths occur in homes without working smoke alarms.

Saturday, April 27, Austin, Columbus Park District – Field House, 500 S. Central Ave, 9:30a – 5:00p

Saturday, April 27, Freeport, Martin Luther King Community Center, 9:00a – 3:00p

Saturday, May 11, Bolingbrook, Bolingbrook High School 365 Raider Way, 8:00a – 5:00p.

Saturday, May 11, Rockford, Ken Rock Community Center, 3218 11th Street, 9:00a-3:00p

Saturday, May 18, North Lawndale, Douglas Park District – Cultural Center/Field House, 1401 S. Sacramento Dr, 9:30am – 5pm.

Saturday, May 18, Joliet, University of St. Francis St Clare Campus 1550 Plainfield Rd, 8:00a – 5:00p