{"id":28448,"date":"2025-04-13T14:25:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-13T19:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mirausa.net\/?p=28448"},"modified":"2026-01-08T14:21:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T19:21:10","slug":"smoke-alarm-installation-initiative-sound-the-alarm-houston-tx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mirausa.net\/?p=28448&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Smoke Alarm Installation Initiative: \u201cSound the Alarm\u201d | Houston, TX"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On&nbsp;<strong>Saturday, April 12<\/strong>, as part of the&nbsp;<strong>Global Alliance Program between MIRA USA and the American Red Cross<\/strong>, the Houston office of MIRA USA successfully carried out the&nbsp;<strong>\u201cSound the Alarm\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;initiative, strengthening its efforts to install smoke alarms in high-risk areas of the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This intervention focused on a community that, according to&nbsp;<strong>2023 local reports<\/strong>, experiences an alarming rate of residential fires \u2014&nbsp;<strong>approximately one fire every three hours<\/strong>, totaling nearly&nbsp;<strong>3,670 incidents annually<\/strong>. In response to these conditions, the initiative prioritized prevention, preparedness, and community education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Programs such as&nbsp;<strong>\u201cSound the Alarm\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;have demonstrated significant impact, contributing to a reduction of up to&nbsp;<strong>54% in residential fire incidents<\/strong>&nbsp;through proactive safety measures, proper installation of smoke detectors, and the commitment of trained volunteers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through this effort,&nbsp;<strong>MIRA USA Houston<\/strong>&nbsp;reaffirms its dedication to community safety, prevention, and public well-being, working alongside strategic partners like the&nbsp;<strong>American Red Cross<\/strong>&nbsp;to save lives and build safer, more resilient communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"28444\" src=\"https:\/\/mirausa.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/photo_2025-04-17_20-48-52-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mirausa.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/photo_2025-04-17_20-48-52-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/mirausa.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/photo_2025-04-17_20-48-52-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/mirausa.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/photo_2025-04-17_20-48-52.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"28445\" src=\"https:\/\/mirausa.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/photo_2025-04-17_20-49-13-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mirausa.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/photo_2025-04-17_20-49-13-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mirausa.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/photo_2025-04-17_20-49-13-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/mirausa.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/photo_2025-04-17_20-49-13.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-id=\"28446\" src=\"https:\/\/mirausa.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/photo_2025-04-17_20-49-30-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mirausa.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/photo_2025-04-17_20-49-30-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mirausa.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/photo_2025-04-17_20-49-30-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mirausa.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/photo_2025-04-17_20-49-30-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mirausa.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/photo_2025-04-17_20-49-30-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On&nbsp;Saturday, April 12, as part of the&nbsp;Global Alliance Program between MIRA USA and the American Red Cross, the Houston office of MIRA USA successfully carried out the&nbsp;\u201cSound the Alarm\u201d&nbsp;initiative, strengthening [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":28446,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1099],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-noticias-en-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mirausa.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mirausa.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mirausa.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mirausa.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mirausa.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28448"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mirausa.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28448\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28449,"href":"https:\/\/mirausa.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28448\/revisions\/28449"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mirausa.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/28446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mirausa.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mirausa.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mirausa.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}