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1/26/2010 Chattanooga Area/Hiwassee Disaster Volunteer Recruitment Fair
 

What: American Red Cross Disaster Volunteer Recruitment Fair

Who: NEW volunteers as well as current Disaster volunteers. We are targeting to recruit and train at least 20 NEW Red Cross volunteers. Current vo...

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1/21/2010 Haiti Donations Pour in to Chattanooga Red Cross
  Thanks to caring citizens, the Chattanooga area Red Cross expects to send at least $72,000 to the international relief effort taking place in Haiti.

To date the Chattanooga area red Cross has received donations from individuals, churches, sch...
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1/20/2010 8 Families Displaced By Collegedale Apartment Fire
  Eight families (17 people) have been displaced by a Collegedale apartment fire on Wednesday morning.

Authorities said the Tri-Community Volunteer Fire Department saved the apartment complex from burning to the ground and confined the fire to on...
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1/20/2010 Donations mount for Haiti relief
  As the death toll increases in earthquake-devastated Haiti, so does the amount of donations headed there, local agencies report.

"We've been inundated with people walking in with donations," said Claudia Moore, director of marketing f...
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1/19/2010 Red Cross: Earmark Haiti Donations, But Don't Forget Local Folks in Need
  Chattanooga's chapter of the American Red Cross has seen a huge jump in donations from local folks giving to disaster victims in Haiti.

Spokeswoman Claudia Moore tells NewsChannel 9 this week the local office has been swamped with mail filled w...
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1/12/2010 Red Cross Tested by High Number of Fires
  The Greater Chattanooga Area American Red Cross has responded to 14 calls for assistance due to home fires in just the past 12 days. Typically the Chapter responds to an average of 18 fires a month in its 9 county service area; with the month not even hal...
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1/11/2010 East Ridge: Fire damages home, disabled resident escapes
  A fire this morning left an East Ridge home with extensive damage, but no one was hurt, authorities say.

When firefighters arrived about 8:30 a.m., they found heavy smoke coming from the home, located at 3709 Edwards Terrace, said fire departme...
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1/08/2010 Dryer Starts Small House Fire
  CHATTANOOGA (WRCBTV)--A resident washing clothes hears a popping sound and finds a fire.

Around 7 PM Friday the Chattanooga Fire Department was dispatched on a residential house fire at 2108 Appling Street. Firefighters found a fire the the lau...
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1/06/2008 Winter front to chill area
  As residents bundle up for a snowy, Arctic front midweek, officials in Southeast Tennessee and North Georgia are preparing for icy roads, power outages and flooding from busted, frozen water mains.

But they're also worried about freezing people...
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1/05/2010 Stay Safe while Staying Warm During this Cold Spell
  Chattanooga area Red Cross volunteers work around the clock this time of year.  Red Cross Emergency Services Director John Hitchens gives the credit to the volunteers.   "We have had a couple that have been getting up at 1, 2, 3 o'cloc...
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