Red Cross can set up shelter within hours of a request, they prepare for months in the off-season. Story by Aspen Shumpert • 10mo. W e've had weeks of wildfires scorching eastern Oregon and Idaho.

Red Cross staff and volunteers went through a shelter opening, operation and closing. Volunteers set up cots and signs. There were also several role-playing exercises designed to simulate client ...

Timothy Gillespie, living at a Red Cross shelter, says he's "grateful" to be alive. Tornado survivors confront many challenges. But surely one of the biggest is trying to catch a good night’s sleep ...

Red Cross teams are en route and arranging for dinner to be delivered. The shelter is set to open at 9:15 p.m. Red Cross said that the shelter will include food, cots and other immediate needs.

The American Red Cross has opened a shelter in Greenville for those displaced by Hurricane Helene. ... 219 S. Fishtrap Road, the shelter is equipped with food, water, and cots.

Two-thirds of displaced Georgians have left an Augusta Red Cross shelter in the wake of ... but in this case, it has worked well, partly because it's a good facility. But we're on our cots, ...

Red Cross can set up shelter within hours of a request, they prepare for months in the off-season. ... "It's got 100 cots, 200 blankets, some comfort kits, those hygiene items, ...