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NY Times Photo: 2 Killed as Early-Morning Blaze Rips Through Chinatown Tenement

Posted in Local News, tagged , , , , on February 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

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Red Cross assisting 60 families in Chinatown fires

Posted in Local News, tagged , , , on February 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Video News Reports:  CBS, ABC
From the NY Daily News:
More than 60 families from three buildings on the block were taken to a nearby shelter. The Red Cross was trying to find Mandarin interpreters since many of the displaced residents spoke only Chinese, officials said.
From NY Newsday:
Sixty families, totaling nearly 250 people, [...]

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Red Cross assisting displaced residents of Woodhaven Fires

Posted in Local News, tagged , , , on February 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

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NY 1 Video: Chapter Partners with St. John University

Posted in Local News, tagged , , on February 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

The American Red Cross has teamed up with St. John’s University’s Staten Island Campus to make sure the Island is better prepared for a disaster.

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Chapter Assists Hundreds of New Yorkers over the Weekend

Posted in Uncategorized on February 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »

January 30 through February 1 might have been Super Bowl weekend for most people, but for the American Red Cross in Greater New York (ARC/GNY) it was an unusually busy three days of disaster response. Between Friday morning and Sunday evening, the Chapter responded to 31 incidents, the majority of them house fires. Chapter relief [...]

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The Office highlights what *NOT* to do during an emergency

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on February 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Learn how to plan and prepare for an emergency.
Take a CPR and First Aid class.

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