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Read her bio, connect with her on Facebook, follow her on Twitter at or email her your story ideas. The American Red Cross Home Fire Campaign with the support of community partners has achieved its goal of installing 2.5 million free smoke alarms and making 1 million households safer across the country.

Makenzie O'Keefe joined the CBS4 team as a reporter in 2017. The Red Cross says three out of every five home fire deaths happen inside houses that do not have a working smoke alarm. On Thursday, Denver Mayor Michael Hancock will be teaming up with Red Cross volunteers to install alarms, replace batteries in existing alarms and rally to help families in Denver to create an emergency escape plan.

The campaign is part of a nationwide effort to install 100,000 free smoke alarms into communities that have a high fire risk. The Red Cross program called Sound the Alarm has already helped to save over 400 lives that could have been lost when disaster struck. The American Red Cross is hoping its 'Sound the Alarm' program reduces those incidents. Byun/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images) / It's common when firefighters investigate the aftermath of a fire to tell reporters there was no smoke detector or the battery on the smoke detector had run down and didn't warn the residents their home was on fire. DENVER (CBS4) - A working smoke detector is the first line of defense in a fire, and the American Red Cross is working to make sure neighborhoods are prepared.

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