Mid Alabama Region

Haiti Six Month Report

American Red Cross — 7/12/2010

Gulf Coast Beach Safety

American Red Cross — 6/21/2010

For those with vacation plans on the Gulf Coast, the oil spill is understandably a cause for questions and concerns, and the Red Cross has some safety and health tips for people who are going to the area.

Wilderness First Aid Safety Tips

American Red Cross — 6/15/2010

Memorial Day Weekend Water Safety

Chris Osborne — 5/27/2010

Red Cross offers tips to keep you safe around water activities.

Red Cross Continues to Shelter Tornado Victims

Chris Osborne/Katie Garfinkle — 4/27/2010

American Red Cross volunteers continue to respond to the disaster-caused needs of residents impacted by Saturday night’s storms.

Southeast Spring Tornadoes - The Red Cross Responds

American Red Cross — 4/27/2010

Nature’s most violent storms tore across Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana, reducing homes to rubble and bringing down power lines leaving residents in the dark.

American Red Cross Chapters Continue to Respond to Damage

Chris Osborne — 4/25/2010

In the wake of deadly storms and tornadoes that devastated areas of Mississippi including Yazoo City, American Red Cross workers in Alabama are assisting storm victims in Marshall, Dekalb and Walker Counties with their immediate needs of shelter, food, emotional support and other necessities. Red Cross emergency response vehicles are providing meals in the affected areas as well as working with community partners to serve meals at stationary sites.

Haiti Three Month Report

American Red Cross — 4/15/2010

Tuscaloosa Red Cross to Send Caseworker to Boston Floods

Chris Osborne — 4/5/2010

The American Red Cross West Alabama Chapter is sending staff member Neil Hardin to assist with the disaster operation in Boston, MA. Hardin, who is a trained Red Cross caseworker, will help by directly working with flood victims.

Haiti Two Month Report

American Red Cross — 3/17/2010

American Red Cross Responds to 16-Unit Apartment Fire

Chris Osborne — 3/10/2010

Members of the Birmingham-Jefferson American Red Cross Disaster Action Team (DAT) responded to an apartment fire Tuesday night at 7720 SunRise Drive (Birmingham, 35210). Approximately 16 units were damaged (1 unit was vacant).

Haiti One-Month Report

American Red Cross — 2/22/2010

Red Cross boot camp trains boys, girls to babysit in Birmingham

Bob Sims - The Birmingham News — 6/29/2009

Baby, It's Cold Outside!

Chris Osborne — 12/31/2009

Record-setting cold temperatures which have frozen the upper Midwest are expected to move into the Northeast, mid-Atlantic and South over the next few days. Forecasters say temperatures in some areas could drop into the single digits.