The Red Cross is always prepared to respond to local disasters. When a ferocious fire at a Los Angeles-area frozen food plant shot flames through the roof creating a towering plume of smoke, the Red Cross was there to assist first responders and those affected.
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Red Cross Los Angeles Assists First Responders at Huntington Park Fire
Wednesday, May 11th, 2011Disaster Shelter for Mid-City L.A. Fire Evacuees Closes
Friday, September 17th, 2010Sept. 23, 3 p.m. — The Red Cross has closed the disaster shelter located at the Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools in mid-Los Angeles which was opened Fri., Sept. 17 for families of the St. Andrew’s Place apartment building displaced by an early morning fire.
At the Ready: Chapter Tests Its Response Capabilities
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008Disaster volunteers and staff members tested their disaster response abilities on May 17 and passed with flying colors. Coordinated from an Emergency Operations Center at the chapter headquarters, the Los Angeles Red Cross team responded to a scenario of a simulated fire in Topanga Canyon that displaced 150 families. The response was part of a [...]
