Sound the Alarm – Oceanside

  •  April 5, 2025
     8:00 am - 2:00 pm

It’s that time of year for our biggest smoke alarm event for the year! San Diego County’s National Sound the Alarm event is Saturday, April 5, 2025 from 8AM until 2PM in Oceanside.  Please join the American Red Cross and Oceanside Fire to test and install free smoke alarms and provide home fire and wildfire safety information for the residents.  We’ll be going door-to-door in multiple mobile home parks in Oceanside and making the community safer.  We have a lot of homes to visit, so we would love your help!

If you’ve never participated before, it’s easy, fun, and a great way to help your community.  No experience necessary as we’ll train you at the event.  We organize volunteers into teams of two or three and give each person the role of either Educator, Installer, or Documenter.

  • The Educator discusses various home safety practices with the residents including how to prevent home fires and how to develop a 2 minute home fire escape plan.
  • The Installer is responsible for installing the smoke alarms in the best areas in the home.
  • The Documenter fills out the necessary paperwork to document the install.

We do a training session on site.  If you are interested in learning more beforehand, you can watch videos at:

All you need to do is wear comfy walking shoes and we will provide the rest including breakfast, snacks, lunch, all the equipment needed, and a map of your assigned area.  Here is a tentative schedule:

  •    8AM: Meet at Rancho San Luis Rey Mobile Home Park Clubhouse: 200 N El Camino Real, Oceanside, CA 92058 – CLUBHOUSE 2 (click the link for the map) https://cdn.filepicker.io/api/file/mvicdtTSmqiFZQNw3AED
  •    8A-9A: Breakfast, training, and supply distribution
  •    9A-1P: Teams in group of 2 or 3 go into the neighborhoods and install smoke alarms
  •    1P: Check back in at clubhouse, return supplies, have lunch and celebrate the successful event!

We will be offering a carpool from our San Diego Chapter headquarters, so if you need a ride or have any questions, please email or call Melissa at least 3 days prior at melissa.altman@redcross.org or 858-357-6472.

We hope to see you there!