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Winter Home Fire Preparedness
The winter holidays are upon us. Unfortunately, we continue to see home fires. Home fires are the most common disaster. Between November...
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Oct 202 min read
Nebraska-Iowa Red Crossers provide hope as hurricane recovery continues
Over the past few weeks, residents of Southeastern states have been coping with the devastation left by Hurricane Helene and Hurricane...
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Oct 42 min read
Nebraska and Iowa Volunteers answer call to help
It’s been a week since Hurricane Helene made landfall, and the American Red Cross is working 24/7 with dozens of partners to get help to...
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Sep 292 min read
5 Takeaways from Preparedness Month
September is National Preparedness Month, and we’ve spent the past few weeks posting different ways you and your family can prepare for...
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Sep 262 min read
When disaster hits close to home, new volunteers step up
By Ashley Peterson-DeLuca On April 26, Melissa Chambers was sent home early from work to prepare for bad weather. When the tornado sirens...
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Aug 302 min read
Nice to Meet You: Rob Wisniewski
Our work on a disaster response begins long before a disaster even happens. It is the job of our Disaster Cycle Services team members and...
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Jul 21 min read
Caring for pets in a Red Cross shelter
By Janet Flanagan and Peter Teahen Red Cross Pet Liaison Melissa McGill knows that if disaster strikes, it isn’t just people who need...
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May 312 min read
“Above and beyond the call of duty”
Randall Hair, a Greenfield, Iowa resident for decades, had just returned home from the hospital for a fractured ankle when an EF4 tornado...
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NEIA Red Cross
May 273 min read
A Safe, Comfortable Place to Stay After the Greenfield Tornado
By Ashley Peterson-DeLuca Where do you go if your home and your relatives’ homes were destroyed by an EF4 tornado, and you were just...
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NEIA Red Cross
May 22 min read
From the Field: 4 Days After April 2024 Tornadoes
By Ashley Peterson-DeLuca At 8 a.m. on Monday, April 29, Stu Coulson picked up his rental car in Waterloo, Iowa, to drive over six hours...
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Apr 192 min read
Volunteers Sound the Alarm in Cedar Rapids
Last weekend, over 100 Red Cross volunteers installed 316 free smoke alarms in the Taylor and Czech Village neighborhoods of Cedar Rapids...
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NEIA Red Cross
Mar 82 min read
Check Those Smoke Alarms While Springing Forward
Red Cross suggest you to TEST your smoke alarms as you TURN your clocks forward this weekend. Daylight saving time begins on March 10 and...
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Mar 73 min read
Volunteer Travels to the Ends of the Earth to Tell the Stories of Those Impacted by Disasters
By Ashley Peterson-DeLuca “I’m a storyteller. When I’m deployed, I tell the stories of families who are impacted by national disasters,”...
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NEIA Red Cross
Feb 292 min read
Join the Red Cross Month Celebration
This week, the American Red Cross Nebraska-Iowa Region is kicking off its annual Red Cross Month celebration in March to honor local...
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Feb 222 min read
Taking Simple Actions Can Prevent the Most Common Disaster - Home Fires
After responding to over 1,000 home fires throughout Nebraska and Iowa, we encourage everyone to take fire safety actions. Home fires are...
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Jan 243 min read
Volunteer Determined to Help Pet Owner Find Housing After Fire
By Ashley Peterson-DeLuca On the evening of August 26, 2023, a blaze broke out at an apartment complex in West Omaha, Nebraska. A small...
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Sep 19, 20234 min read
Disaster Preparedness when Living with a Disability
By Ashley Peterson-DeLuca When Zach Mecham found that many local municipalities have disaster preparation plans and are challenged with...
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NEIA Red Cross
Aug 31, 20232 min read
45 Nebraska and Iowa Volunteers Support Red Cross Disaster Relief as Disasters Multiply
45 volunteers from the Nebraska-Iowa region of the American Red Cross are providing comfort and support in Florida, Hawaii and the...
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Jun 22, 20232 min read
Nice to Meet You: Chrissy Bristle
Chrissy Bristle is a disaster workforce engagement manager for our Red Cross region. She is committed to ensuring that we have...
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NEIA Red Cross
Mar 23, 20233 min read
Gail Miller's 50 Years of Impacting Lives
By George McCrory and Gail Miller Gail Miller, a Dubuque resident, has seen many changes in over 50 years as a Red Cross volunteer....
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