Red Cross assists 7 people after home catches fire in West Palm Beach
Local American Red Cross officials said Thursday they had provided assistance to 7 people, including two children, impacted by a home fire in West Palm Beach.
The volunteer members of the Disaster Action Team from the Palm Beach County/Treasure Coast Chapter "responded to a home fire" on Monaco Terrace in the Frenchman's Landing community, according to a Red Cross statement.
"The Red Cross is providing emergency financial assistance, health and mental health services, one-on-one support to connect people to available recovery assistance and will continue to provide additional support to the family to meet their disaster-caused needs.," the statement said.
The Red Cross said the Disaster Action Team "is a group of local, specially trained, Red Cross volunteer responders, who are ready to take action in these emergencies, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year." The statement added "volunteers also provide emotional support and information to help families begin the process of recovery" and they do so "free of charge, a gift made possible by donations to the Red Cross.
How you can help
The Red Cross said area residents can finds ways to help at redcross.org/SouthFlorida.
Other ways to help are:
Make a financial donation to their local Red Cross to help people affected by home fires and other disasters in the United States and around the world. Visit redcross.org/donate.
Visit redcross.org/homefires to find out how to protect themselves and their homes from fire.
Become a Red Cross volunteer by applying at redcross.org/sflvolunteer.
Download the Red Cross Emergency App by visiting redcross.org/apps or texting alerts to help keep the user safe.
Antonio Fins is a politics and business editor at The Palm Beach Post, part of the USA TODAY Florida Network. You can reach him at afins@pbpost.com. Help support our journalism. Subscribe today.
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