American Red Cross

Local Red Cross volunteers and staff visited 31 homes in the Harlem Heights community recently and successfully educated 103 residents on the importance of fire safety and the steps they should take in case they experience a home fire.

Volunteers and members of the American Red Cross Florida Gulf Coast to Heartland Chapter recently helped installed 158 free smoke alarms for families as part of a national Red Cross Sound the Alarm efforts.

Lee County officials estimate about $1.1 million dollars in damages with more than one hundred mobile homes damaged and some 30 mobile homes destroyed. This was just one of a number of tornadoes that touched down across Southwest Florida on Sunday as a massive cold front moved across the state.

The last shelter for Hurricane Irma in Florida closed over the weekend, and the people who left the shelter are now looking for transitional housing.About…

A wildfire burning through Collier County has grown to more than 6,500 acres, threatening homes, closing roads, and causing mandatory…

Nearly seven months into a targeted effort to house homeless veterans in Lee County, the initiative is making strides. The Lee County Homeless Coalition,…

Update 8/24/12 9:30 AMDial 2-1-1 for evacuation and shelter information in Lee County, 3-1-1 in Collier.The Lee County Emergency Operations Center has…